Principal Engineer, Application Engineering (f/m/d)

What you'll do

• Understand vehicle E/E architecture evolution and resulting impact on MCU (e.g. impact of central compute and zonalization trend)
• Understand MCU SW ecosystem and architecture and impact on MCU architecture
• Analyse Software / Hardware tradeoffs
• Drive thought leadership of innovative concepts disrupting the market
• Build and maintain technical relationships with key architects at OEMs and leading Tier Ones
• Follow latest market trends to predict changes in product
• Closely follow technology trends and predict their impact
• Closely work with Marketing on Market requirements
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the system meets their needs.

What we require

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar required, Masters preferred
• Vast knowledge in relevant experience
• Strong understanding of automotive applications. We are looking for several candidates covering those segment:
• Electrification, e.g. Inverter, DC/DC, Onboard Charger, …
• Vehicle E/E architecture, e.g. central gateways, zonal ECUs, ECU up integration
• High level of experience in microcontroller/microprocessor architectures as well as network interfaces (Ethernet, CAN…)
• Good understanding of software needs for AutoSAR related applications driving the HW architecture
• Strong customer engagement & experience. Direct experience with Automotive Tier1 or OEMs preferred.
• Ability to work at the system-level, identifying optimal partitioning of solutions between hardware and software.
• Comfortable working with the ambiguity inherent in implementing new technologies
• Good written and verbal communication/presentation skills in English spanning technical contributors, business stakeholders, customers, and management. Information sharing, working as a team player and striving for clarity comes natural to you
• Willingness to travel worldwide