Embedded Automotive Platforms Software Engineer

The role involves contributing to the creation of a software platform that interfaces with automotive embedded hardware and the company's Driving Model. This includes developing abstractions and APIs that enable our software and robotics teams to deploy autonomous vehicle (AV) software efficiently. Your role involves understanding the capabilities and nuances of various deployment platforms and creating abstractions that minimise the need for onboard applications to be customised for each target platform. You will play a crucial role in advancing the company’s AV technology, driving the efficiency, maintainability, and scalability of the embedded systems that underpin our autonomous vehicles.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software, SDKs, APIs, and hardware abstraction layers that enable autonomous driving capabilities to run consistently across automotive platforms.
• Integrate and adapt critical AV functions, including inference, navigation, control, localisation, and vehicle interfaces.
• Work across Linux and QNX-based systems while minimising platform‑specific customisation.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and improve software and system performance, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across production and development fleets.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, hardware vendors, and automotive partners to define requirements and ensure seamless integration with the autonomous driving stack.
• Participate in architecture reviews, testing, code reviews, documentation, and automotive software quality processes to maintain high engineering standards.

About you

In order to set you up for success as an Embedded Automotive Platforms Software Engineer at the company, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.

Essential qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience in embedded software development, with a strong preference for the automotive, autonomous driving, or robotics industries.
• Proficiency in C++ for high‑performance systems.
• Hands‑on experience with embedded operating systems (e.g., Linux, QNX).
• Strong understanding of middleware architectures and IPC mechanisms.
• Proficiency in profiling and tracing tools to diagnose bottlenecks and latency issues.
• Familiarity with hardware abstraction layers (HAL) and device driver development.
• Strong debugging skills and attention to detail in complex systems.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.

Desirable skills

• Prior experience developing and deploying autonomous vehicle, robotics, or other safety‑critical software on production systems.
• Experience with NVIDIA Drive Orin, Qualcomm automotive platforms, or similar embedded computing platforms.
• Experience with inference, localisation, control algorithms, navigation, odometry or vehicle interfaces will be a huge plus.
• Knowledge of sensor technologies (e.g., LiDAR, RADAR, cameras).
• Experience developing platform SDKs, APIs, or software frameworks used by internal teams or external partners.
• Understanding of safety‑critical software development and automotive standards (e.g., ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, MISRA).

Employment Details

This is a full‑time role based in London. The company operates a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops with time spent working from home. Core working hours are flexible to accommodate the team’s needs.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

At the company, we’re committed to creating a diverse, fair, and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. The company is committed to creating an inclusive interview experience. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to participate fully in our interview process, please let us know. We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form.