Senior Network System Architect (Automotive)

Location: Haifa, Israel; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global develops technologies for accident prevention and semi- and fully autonomous vehicles.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end communication and network architecture for complex automotive platforms and major platform capabilities.
• Translate product, vehicle, and customer needs into network concepts, logical and physical topologies, interface definitions, and system requirements.
• Drive architectural decisions across Automotive Ethernet, CAN, CAN FD, SOME/IP, DoIP, UDS, TSN, and gPTP time synchronization.
• Analyze bandwidth, latency, jitter, utilization, availability, worst-case behavior, startup, and degraded modes.
• Define network management, wake-up and sleep concepts, partial networking, and Ethernet wake mechanisms.
• Align safety, cybersecurity, performance, reliability, cost, verification, and integration requirements across engineering teams, customers, and technology partners.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline; M.Sc. is an advantage.
• 10+ years of embedded development experience, including 5+ years in system architecture, system engineering, or development of complex embedded systems.
• Proven experience defining network architectures, interfaces, communication requirements, and end-to-end data flows.
• Good understanding of Ethernet switching and IP networking.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical topics to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to lead technical decisions and align multiple engineering teams without relying on direct authority.

Nice to have

• Experience with AUTOSAR Classic or Adaptive communication stacks, service discovery, and network management.
• Experience with automotive Ethernet switches, PHYs, MACsec, E2E protection, or secure onboard communication.
• Experience with Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, Wireshark, network simulation, restbus simulation, or automated conformance testing.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, ASPICE, Polarion, DOORS, or similar development and requirements frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid position within the R&D / Architects department.
• Cross-functional collaboration with system, hardware, software, safety, security, validation, program teams, customers, semiconductor vendors, switch vendors, and tool providers.
• Hands-on work addressing architectural gaps, technical risks, complex cross-domain issues, and system integration challenges.