Principal Engineer II , SW - Embedded C/C++, V2X Telematics/Connectivity Architect

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Position Summary: The Telematics Solution position will report into the HARMAN Engineering organization and will be responsible for researching and the delivering software’s, POCs for automotive embedded devices, which are both consumer and automotive grade products.

Telematics is the key foundational technology for the connected car and autonomous driving. It includes technology like LTE modems and network access devices (NADs) as well as wireless standards e.g. BT/WiFi, GNSS, NFC etc. are one of the fastest growing areas. HARMAN works with leading suppliers to design telematics solutions to ensure every in-car experience is entertaining, productive, safe, and secure.

As part of an agile team, you will research and build the software on telematics devices with state-of-the-art technologies and features like communication, networking, and positioning . You will be on a path finding mission to enable and create new business in the Telematics domain. Will be part of highly visible demos; and lead effort to bring the product and solutions to market. Your responsibilities include design, development/coding, build, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products development.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable, maintainable, well mannered (CPU, memory, disk, power, network) automotive grade Linux applications with C, C++ for embedded platforms.
• Understand business requirements, associate them with agile entities (stories/tasks) for planning and execution.
• Enable platform for research and development of POCs and product demonstrations for Telematics Use Cases
• Build and grow technical expertise across Telematics domains

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters/bachelor’s degree in electrical, communications, computer engineering or a similar discipline
• Should have 14 to 17 years of overall experience with minimum of 8 years’ experience in Security domain.
• Strong C++ programming with 8+ years of experience
• Experience with C, C++ and Network programming on Linux Platform
• Experience with IPC programming, Some/IP, Eth PDU and Adaptive Autosar Platform
• Experience with Linux Kernel Programming on Embedded System
• Experience with OpenSSL Libraries, Engine and Provider Implementation using C, C++
• Experience with Secure boot on Embedded Devices,
• Experience with System Security features such Firewall provisioning, AppArmor and Sandboxing
• Strong knowledge of cryptography, PKI, SSL/TLS.
• In-depth understanding of the most important security algorithms, including but not limited to AES, RSA, ECC, SHA, HMAC, DSA, and DH, as well as their respective strengths, weaknesses, and use cases.
• Adept at designing and developing reusable and scalable C, C++ code.
• Hands on working experience with Linux on an embedded platform
• Proficient understanding of STL (Standard Template Library): containers and algorithms.
• Good understanding of
  • Linux Inter Process Communication mechanisms (sockets, message queues, shared memory)
  • Concepts and techniques for Multithreaded applications
• Working experience with
  • Industry standard version control systems like GIT, Gerrit, Perforce
  • Gtest based C++ unit test framework.
  • Open Embedded, bitbake package management
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Good written and oral communication skills to collaborate with teams across geographies

Preferred Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

• Prior hands-on experience with embedded software development for Automotive Products is a strong plus.
• Willingness to work across technical domains and explore new technologies.

Competencies adding an edge:

• Experience in V2X Technologies / Vehicle Security / Telematics / Data Communication

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.