Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Brighton, United Kingdom

Gross annual base salary: Lithuania €54,200–€81,400; UK Zone A £55,700–£83,500; UK Zone B £63,700–£95,500.

Company

hirify.global develops a real-time 3D engine and tools used across games, XR, web, automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare.

What you will do

• Develop hirify.global Real Time 3D runtime features and integrations for Embedded Linux, QNX, and Android Automotive OS.
• Build graphics and windowing layers for multi-screen, multi-touch digital cockpits and automotive HMIs.
• Profile and optimize runtime performance, memory usage, startup and load times, and iteration speed on resource-constrained embedded SoCs.
• Work directly with automotive OEM customers to investigate technical issues, remove performance bottlenecks, and support production deployments.
• Contribute to design discussions, code reviews, automated testing, and cross-platform engineering initiatives.

Requirements

• Proficiency in C, C++, and C# within large multithreaded codebases.
• Experience developing for Embedded Linux, QNX, and hypervised environments.
• Experience with Vulkan and OpenGL ES for real-time 3D and UI rendering.
• Experience profiling and optimizing CPU, GPU, and I/O performance on resource-constrained hardware.
• Experience working directly with customers on technical issues and business-level English.
• Senior-level experience guiding cross-platform initiatives and influencing engineering practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with real-time 3D game engines such as hirify.global, Unreal, or Godot, or hands-on game development experience.
• Experience with embedded and automotive SoCs, including Qualcomm, NXP, or NVIDIA platforms.
• Experience with automotive HMI systems such as clusters, infotainment, ADAS, or map navigation.
• AAOS or AOSP platform-layer development experience, including Android lifecycle integration and SurfaceFlinger, HWComposer, Gralloc, or EGL.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a small, senior team solving complex real-time 3D and embedded-systems problems.
• Contribute to production automotive HMI experiences and software-defined vehicle platforms.
• Benefits may include health, life, and disability insurance, commute subsidies, stock ownership, retirement or pension plans, and paid vacation.
• Additional support includes parental and family-care programs, mental health resources, employee assistance, training, development, and volunteering programs.
• Benefits and eligibility vary by country and employment status.