Senior System Development Engineer - ADAS & AD functions (m/f/d)

At CARIAD, it’s our mission to transform automotive mobility for everyone, everywhere, making it safer, more sustainable, and more comfortable in every way. To deliver on that promise, we’re building a unified technology and software platform, including a vehicle OS and cloud platform, as well as a unified architecture. As a 100% subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, we’re developing solutions for all of its brands, including Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche, and will bring our software to over 40 million vehicles by 2030. Is this an easy task? Not at all! To tackle such a huge challenge, we need a great team. And that’s where you come in. You’ll join more than 5,000 CARIDIANS already working on the latest vehicle features and functions like automated driving, state-of-the-art charging technology, as well as a new digital ecosystem. Together, we’re bringing sustainable change to one of the largest companies in the world.

YOUR TEAM

It is our mission at the CARIAD ADAS & AD team to develop one unified technology stack in-house that brings Level 4 automated driving and parking to private cars and at the same time scales down to supply important NCAP safety functionalities to the entire VW fleet - making mobility safer and creating a new level of driving comfort. You have the opportunity to work in an agile and highly motivated interdisciplinary team to build safe, secure and scalable systems that will shape the future of the Volkswagen group. As a system development engineer, you will take responsibility for series development in one of the following areas:

1. Customer functions for automated / assisted driving
2. Predictive safety and parking
3. Sensor data fusion
4. Video perception
5. Cloud services
6. Localization
7. Driver interaction
8. Hardware

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WHAT YOU WILL DO

1. Translate the customer function definition into system and component specification
2. Take responsibility for the technical concept and system design
3. Realization of traceability of the requirements from functional specification to the software implementation (Automotive SPICE)
4. Coordination of the relevant systems and components to implement your features and specified requirements
5. Forward-looking analysis of relevant technology trends, their underlying technology and concepts

WHO YOU ARE

1. University degree in computer science, electrical engineering, information technology or a comparable course of study
2. Several years of professional experience in systems engineering (ADAS/AD as a plus)
3. Expertise of functional safety according to ISO 26262 and security according to ISO 21434
4. Experience in series development and the corresponding processes and standards (ASPICE)
5. Fluent German and English language skills (verbal & written)

NICE TO KNOW

1. Remote work options
2. Temporary work from abroad in selected countries
3. Flextime / optional working hours
4. Company pension plan
5. Annual professional development
6. Sabbatical option up to 6 months
7. 30 days paid + 10 days unpaid leave
8. Possibility for VW Group car leasing

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