Technical Staff Engineer - Applications (Automotive)

Location: Chandler, Arizona, United States

Company

hirify.global is a global semiconductor technology company developing products and solutions for embedded and automotive systems.

What you will do

• Lead next-generation automotive reference architectures, proof-of-concept platforms, and strategic customer solutions for software-defined vehicles, zonal architectures, in-vehicle networking, and 48V systems.
• Architect and develop technical demonstrators, evaluation platforms, and reference designs for Automotive Ethernet, high-speed camera and display interfaces, and high-performance compute connectivity.
• Guide strategic customer engagements from concept through production, providing technical leadership in system architecture, integration, validation, and deployment.
• Create technical collateral including white papers, architectural guides, reference implementations, application notes, and training programs.
• Represent the automotive portfolio at conferences, technical forums, customer workshops, and trade events, while collaborating with product business units on roadmaps and market requirements.
• Build partnerships with OEM architecture groups, technology consortiums, software partners, and industry influencers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline; a master's degree is preferred.
• At least 12 years of industry experience in embedded systems, automotive electronics, or application engineering.
• Deep expertise in embedded systems, SoCs, microcontrollers, firmware, middleware, and application software development using C/C++.
• Experience with bare-metal and RTOS/Linux-based platforms, schematic review, board bring-up, debugging, and PCB design and layout tools.
• Experience architecting complex automotive electrical/electronic systems and networked embedded platforms.
• Knowledge of Automotive Ethernet, PCIe, CAN/CAN-FD, high-speed serial interfaces, and MIPI CSI/DSI, plus strong technical communication and presentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with software-defined vehicles, zonal architectures, domain controllers, gateways, and next-generation vehicle networking.
• Experience developing demonstrators, proof-of-concept platforms, and reference architectures for customer and industry events.
• Participation in industry consortiums, standards organizations, or technical conferences related to automotive networking.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, automotive cybersecurity standards, and secure communication technologies.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across globally distributed teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within a 17,000-member global organization.
• Employee development and career growth programs, including Leadership Passage Programs.
• Travel expectation of 25%–50%.
• Work involves sitting, standing, walking, driving, and flying, as well as working independently and with others.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity, respect, empowerment, and collaboration.