System Architect – Automotive Embedded Linux

Overview

Expleo is a global engineering, technology, and consulting service provider that partners with leading organizations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses.  

Expleo benefits from more than 50 years of experience developing complex products in automotive and aerospace, optimizing manufacturing processes, and ensuring the quality of information systems. Leveraging its deep sector knowledge and wide-ranging expertise in fields including AI engineering, digitalization, automation, cybersecurity and data science, the group’s mission is to fast-track innovation through each step of the value chain. 

With a worldwide presence in 30 countries, our global footprint includes excellence centers around the world, including Romania since 1994.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the software and system architecture. 
• Lead architecture design activities and ensure alignment with product, customer, and business requirements.
• Provide technical leadership for development teams working with C++, Linux, and embedded platforms.
• Drive architecture reviews and support key technical decisions throughout the development lifecycle.
• Promote software engineering best practices, including clean architecture, design patterns, and code quality standards.
• Collaborate with development teams to solve complex technical challenges and guide implementation.
• Analyze technical risks, system constraints, and hardware/software limitations, proposing effective solutions.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation using UML and related standards.
• Support platform integration and adaptation in Linux-based and embedded automotive environments.
• Evaluate new technologies and development approaches to improve software quality, scalability, and engineering efficiency.
• Work closely with customers, product owners, management, global engineering teams, suppliers, and Augmented Reality experts to ensure successful product delivery.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in modern C++ (C++14 or newer) software development on Linux platforms, including work on complex software systems.
• 2+ years of experience in software architecture, technical leadership, or senior technical roles involving architectural decision-making. 

Essential skills

• Experience with automotive diagnostics, including: UDS (Unified Diagnostic Services), DoIP (Diagnostics over IP), DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes), Diagnostic Sessions.
• Strong understanding of: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SOLID principles, Design Patterns (GoF), Clean Architecture concepts. 
• Hands-on experience with: STL and boost libraries, algorithms and data structures, performance optimization techniques. 
• Solid knowledge of Linux and Embedded Linux environments, including hardware and software constraints on ARM-based platforms.
• Experience with software architecture and UML-based design documentation.
• Practical experience with Git, CMake, and debugging tools such as GDB.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess technical risks and define effective solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers, product owners, management, and global engineering teams.

Benefits

• Benefit Platform
• Holiday Voucher
• Private medical insurance
• Performance bonus
• Easter and Christmas bonus
• Employee referral bonus
• Bookster subscription
• Work from home options depending on project