Lead Engineer - IID Infotainment Integration (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; 4–5 days per week in the office. Regular in-person meetings, events, and occasional travel are required.

Salary: $160,000–$192,500 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified, digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains.

What you will do

• Lead vehicle and system-level integration of infotainment clusters, driver and center displays, telemetry modules, and software-defined vehicle architectures.
• Integrate and verify Android Automotive, Linux, QNX, and other subsystem modules across multi-OS environments.
• Develop test strategies for subsystem validation on HIL/SIL benches and physical vehicles, including automated regression testing.
• Build Python- and Robot Framework-based automation, migrate manual tests, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build verification.
• Analyze software–hardware issues, debug CAN, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet communication, and optimize boot time, suspend-to-RAM current draw, CPU usage, and memory leaks.
• Own system-level regression planning, requirements-to-validation traceability, power-mode and wake-up/sleep robustness, and integration support during DV/PV builds.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 12+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle E/E architecture, ECU-level software stacks, embedded systems, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, UDS diagnostics, and diagnostic communication tools.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink plant and control models, HIL environments, dSPACE ControlDesk, and AutomationDesk.
• Expertise with Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, and ALM/PLM tools such as Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Generation, or PTC Windchill.
• Experience with A2B, LVDS, vehicle network tools including CANalyzer and CANoe, system requirements, and automotive development processes.
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte 4–5 days per week and travel for company events when required.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build new electric vehicle products and contribute to an iconic automotive brand.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) with employer matching and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid bereavement, jury duty, voting, and military leave.