Automotive Digital Key & Vehicle Access SW Engineer

Role: Automotive Digital Key & Vehicle Access SW Engineer

• Design and develop Automotive Digital Key and Vehicle Access software for next-generation connected vehicles.
• Develop and integrate BLE and NFC ECU software supporting vehicle locking, unlocking, passive entry, and vehicle start/access functions.
• Work with CCC Digital Key specifications and contribute to implementation, integration, and certification activities.
• Develop and integrate BLE/NFC middleware adapters between connectivity stacks, application software, and vehicle access controllers.
• Develop embedded software components running on FreeRTOS and Classic AUTOSAR platforms.
• Design software architecture for secure and safety-critical vehicle access controllers.
• Implement communication interfaces between Digital Key middleware and vehicle ECUs using automotive communication protocols.
• Integrate BLE, NFC, and UWB technology stacks with vehicle access applications and ECU software.
• Develop software for secure device discovery, authentication, key exchange, ranging, and vehicle access workflows.
• Ensure implementation meets applicable ASIL requirements and functional-safety processes.
• Participate in requirements analysis, architecture/design reviews, coding, integration, debugging, and verification activities.
• Perform ECU-level troubleshooting using logs, traces, debuggers, protocol analyzers, and automotive diagnostic tools.
• Collaborate with system, cybersecurity, functional-safety, hardware, validation, and vehicle integration teams.
• Support CCC certification and interoperability testing, including issue analysis and resolution.
• Contribute to software design documentation, interface specifications, technical reviews, and development guidelines.
• Support HIL/SIL testing, vehicle-level integration, and production readiness activities.

• Strong hands-on experience with Automotive Digital Key systems.
• Good understanding of CCC Digital Key architecture and specifications.
• Experience with vehicle access functions such as:
• Passive Entry / Passive Start
• Remote Lock / Unlock
• Digital Key provisioning
• Device authentication
• Secure vehicle access
• Key sharing and lifecycle management
• Experience working with BLE, NFC and/or UWB technologies in automotive applications.

• Strong understanding of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) architecture, profiles, GATT/GAP, pairing/bonding, security, and connection management.
• Experience integrating BLE stacks with embedded automotive applications.
• Knowledge of NFC communication and secure vehicle access use cases.
• Exposure to UWB ranging and localization concepts for Digital Key applications.
• Experience developing BLE/UWB middleware adapters and abstraction/interface layers.

• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Hands-on experience with FreeRTOS and embedded real-time software development.
• Strong understanding of RTOS concepts including tasks, queues, semaphores, interrupts, timers, synchronization, and memory management.
• Experience with embedded debugging, performance optimization, and fault analysis.
• Good understanding of MCU peripherals, communication interfaces, and low-level embedded software.

• Strong experience with Classic AUTOSAR.
• Knowledge of AUTOSAR layers including:
• Application Software
• RTE
• BSW
• MCAL
• Communication stack
• Diagnostics
• Experience with configuration, integration, and debugging of AUTOSAR software components.
• Understanding of automotive communication protocols such as CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, and Ethernet.

• Experience developing ASIL-compliant automotive ECUs, preferably ASIL-B/ASIL-C/ASIL-D systems.
• Understanding of ISO 26262 functional-safety concepts and development processes.
• Experience with safety mechanisms, diagnostics, fault handling, watchdogs, safe-state concepts, and safety monitoring.
• Understanding of automotive cybersecurity concepts and secure communication is highly desirable.
• Experience with secure boot, cryptographic services, key management, or hardware security modules is an advantage.

• CCC Digital Key certification requirements.
• CCC interoperability and compliance testing.
• Digital Key protocol validation.
• BLE/NFC/UWB interoperability.
• Analysis of certification failures and protocol traces.
• Debugging issues across mobile devices, Digital Key middleware, ECUs, and vehicle systems.
• Supporting certification laboratories and resolving certification defects.

• Vector CANoe / CANalyzer
• Lauterbach / TRACE32
• JTAG/SWD debuggers
• Wireshark and BLE protocol analyzers
• Automotive diagnostic tools
• Git / Gerrit
• Jenkins / CI-CD
• Static-analysis and coding-quality tools
• HIL/SIL testing environments
• Requirements and configuration-management tools

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related discipline.
• Typically 5 12+ years of experience in automotive embedded software development, depending on seniority.
• Proven experience in automotive ECU development and integration.
• Strong experience in one or more of Digital Key, BLE, NFC, UWB, vehicle access systems, Classic AUTOSAR, or FreeRTOS.

• Experience with CCC Digital Key certification projects.
• Experience with production vehicle access controllers or Body/Access ECUs.
• Experience integrating mobile-device Digital Key solutions with vehicle ECUs.
• Knowledge of UWB FiRa ecosystem and ranging technologies.
• Experience with automotive cybersecurity standards such as ISO/SAE 21434.
• Knowledge of AUTOSAR security and cryptographic services.
• Experience working in safety-critical embedded software development.
• Experience with OEM/Tier-1 automotive development processes.
• Strong troubleshooting and cross-functional debugging skills.

• Strong embedded software architecture and design skills.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to work across application, middleware, RTOS, AUTOSAR BSW, connectivity stacks, and ECU hardware.
• Good understanding of automotive software development lifecycle.
• Ability to analyze complex issues across multiple ECUs and communication layers.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with system, hardware, cybersecurity, functional-safety, and validation teams.

Thanks,

Naser Hussain - Team Talent Acquisition

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