Senior Linux Engineer, Onboard Platforms

Latitude AI (lat.ai) is an automated driving technology company developing a hands-free, eyes-off driver assist system for next-generation Ford vehicles at scale. We're driven by the opportunity to reimagine what it's like to drive and make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone.

As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at the speed of a technology startup. Latitude is headquartered in Pittsburgh with engineering centers in Dearborn, Mich., and Palo Alto, Calif.

The Onboard Platforms team is an embedded software team responsible for the development and maintenance of the boot chain and operating systems for the L1/L2/L3 autonomous vehicle compute clusters.

As a Senior Linux Engineer, you will:

• Produce high-quality, maintainable code using C/C++.
• Design, bring up, and optimize the Linux platform for advanced driver assistance systems
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team of hardware, software and system engineers to ensure the success of our product

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills and experience with embedded Linux programming
• Experience with board or SoC bring-up for ARM64 based platforms
• Experience developing Linux device drivers for Ethernet, GPU, PCIE or flash devices like UFS, eMMC, NVMe
• Strong knowledge of Linux configuration, BSPs, and bootloaders
• Experience working with common protocols such as SPI, I2C, and CAN
• Prefer candidates with experience developing software for highly complex, safety-critical sensing systems.

Nice to haves:

• Understanding of networking and time-sensitive networking
• Familiarity (or more) with Linux security and/or chains of trust booting
• Experience with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, buildroot, or similar Linux packaging technologies.
• Track record of technical leadership in automotive or related fields taking products to production

Join Latitude AI and be part of a team dedicated to making a real, positive impact on the driving experience for millions of people.