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AEAeroVect

Staff Platform Engineer(m/w/x)

Frankfurt am Main
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Developing real-time Linux distributions for autonomous ground handling systems. 10+ years embedded platform development and technical leadership required. Work on multi-year roadmap for platform evolution.

Requirements

  • 10+ years developing Linux-based embedded/robotics platforms
  • Platform built from 0→1 at robotics/AV company, scaled order of magnitude
  • Technical leadership across teams without direct reports
  • Experience growing senior engineers and raising engineering standards
  • Expert-level C++ (≥C++17) and strong Python
  • Shipping real-time, safety-critical systems (Avionics, AV/ADAS)
  • Deep knowledge of IPC middlewares and techniques on Linux/POSIX
  • Expert-level real-time performance tuning and profiling
  • Experience with Git, Docker/OCI containers, CI/CD patterns
  • Fluency with common vehicle buses and protocols (USB, Ethernet/TSN, CAN, PCIe, SPI, I2C)
  • Experience with functional safety workflows (ISO 26262, MISRA, SOTIF)
  • Experience with Nvidia Orin/Thor platforms and heterogeneous compute scheduling
  • Prior work on autonomous vehicles, drones, or safety-critical robotic systems
  • Experience with ptp4l and TSN configurations
  • Experience with v4l2 / gstreamer
  • Experience with QNX or other RTOS
  • Deep knowledge of Linux/Yocto systems (package management, systemd, networking, kernel config)
  • Familiarity with GPU acceleration frameworks (CUDA, Vulkan)
  • Open-source contributions to relevant projects or equivalent public technical work
  • Comfort in fast-paced startup environment and supporting field deployments

Tasks

  • Drive technical direction and long-term architecture
  • Ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and safety
  • Set multi-year roadmap for platform evolution
  • Develop Ubuntu/Yocto/Linux distributions for real-time workloads
  • Make build-vs-buy and architecture decisions
  • Define strategy for ROS 2 IPC middleware
  • Develop user-space drivers for various vehicle interfaces
  • Set standards for adding new hardware
  • Own functional safety and security strategy
  • Define observability contract for the platform
  • Collaborate on cross-stack performance budgets
  • Set standards for platform development, testing, and release
  • Contribute to technical hiring and calibration
  • Represent AeroVect in vendor relationships
  • Provide on-call support for platform components
  • Identify and reduce strategic technical debt

Work Experience

  • 10 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • Linux
  • C++
  • Python
  • Git
  • Docker
  • OCI containers
  • Nvidia Orin/Thor
  • CUDA
  • Vulkan
  • ROS 2
  • DDS
  • Yocto
  • QNX
  • RTOS
  • gstreamer
  • v4l2
  • eBPF
  • ftrace
  • LTTng
  • perf
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