Senior Embedded Systems Engineer - Board Support Package (BSP) Development

Member Technical Staff-BSP

Member Technical Staff-BSP

Help shape the future of mobility.

Imagine a world with zero vehicle accidents, zero vehicle emissions, and wireless vehicle connectivity all around us. Every day, we move closer to making that world a reality. Aptiv’s passionate team of engineers and developers creates advanced safety systems, high-performance electrification solutions and data connectivity solutions so that automakers can bring advanced capabilities to more people around the globe. This is how we enable sustainable mobility and help to prevent accidents caused by human error.

Your Role

BSP & Low-Level Development

• Develop, enhance, and maintain BSPs for VxWorks and HVP across multiple SoCs (Arm/Intel/PowerPC).
• Implement and optimize low-level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, Ethernet, GPIO, UART, USB, storage interfaces, timers, and DMA.
• Perform platform bring-up including bootloader configuration, MMU setup, cache architecture, interrupt controllers, and system initialization.

Technical Ownership

• Serve as a technical expert for BSP sub-systems and lead complex debugging involving hardware, firmware, and OS interactions.
• Drive performance, determinism, and reliability improvements across BSP components.

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Support

• Work closely with Architect, system engineering, and support teams to analyse requirements and define technical solutions.
• Collaborate with cross teams to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Support customer escalations as a deep technical specialist.

Quality, Certification & Process

• Contribute to certification-ready designs aligned with safety standards (DO‑178C, IEC 61508, ISO 26262).
• Ensure compliance with coding standards such as MISRA C and CERT.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and continuous integration efforts to ensure robust, maintainable code.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to design and process improvements within the BSP Factory.
• Identify opportunities for reusability, standardization, and performance optimization.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers.

Your Background

Key ingredients for succeeding in this role are your:

• Strong embedded systems fundamentals and hands-on ability to solve deep technical issues.
• Comfortable working at the intersection of hardware and software.
• Ability to translate complex SoC requirements into clean, maintainable BSP architectures.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative working style.

Why join us?

• You can grow at Aptiv.Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity or beliefs.
• You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we want a safer world for us and our children, one with: Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.
• You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family and your physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Hybrid and flexible working hours;
• Higher Education Opportunities (UDACITY, UDEMY, COURSERA are available for your continuous growth and development);
• Life  and accident insurance;
• Sodexo cards for food and beverages
• Well Being Program that includes regular workshops and networking events;
• EAP Employee Assistance;
• Access to fitness clubs (T&C apply);
• Creche facility for working parents;

Apply today, and together let’s change tomorrow! 

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Experience Level

Senior Level