SeniorStaff System Software Engineer — ADAS Vision Platform

PhantomVision is Phantom AIs production computer vision system for ADAS: a multi-camera real-time perception stack that ships on automotive ECUs running Linux QNX and INTEGRITY. Behind the perception algorithms sits the platform that makes them run the real-time runtime the sensor and data pipelines the simulation and test infrastructure and the interfaces to the vehicle. This role owns that platform.

Youll work at the boundary where algorithms meet hardware where recorded data meets live systems and where a research idea becomes software that runs deterministically at 30 frames per second in a moving car.

• Own the runtime infrastructure of a real-time vision system: task orchestration inter-process messaging sensor ingestion and deterministic data flow under hard latency budgets
• Build the infrastructure that lets the vision stack run anywhere on target ECUs on a developers desk and at scale against large volumes of recorded drive data
• Design and evolve data replay simulation and regression-testing systems that turn field recordings into fast repeatable development loops
• Keep the stack portable and efficient across compute platforms and DNN inference runtimes from datacenter GPUs to automotive SoCs
• Design the real-time communication paths that connect the vision system to vehicle platforms and external consumers
• Engineer to automotive safety and security standards (ISO 26262 ISO 21434) without giving up development speed
• Build and sharpen the teams AI-assisted engineering workflows coding agents AI-assisted code review test generation and set the standard for how theyre used well

• 6 years building system software for real-time or embedded environments
• Expert-level C (and solid C) including debugging on real hardware under real-time constraints
• Deep grounding in operating systems and computer architecture: scheduling memory caches IPC and what they cost
• Hands-on ROS or ROS2 experience designing nodes/components defining messages working with bag data
• Fluency in serialization and middleware (Protocol Buffers DDS ZeroMQ or similar) and network programming over TCP/UDP/Ethernet
• Working practice with AI-assisted development tools as a normal part of how you build debug and test
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Depth in an RTOS or safety-grade platform: QNX RT Linux or Green Hills INTEGRITY
• Experience across both ROS1 and ROS2 ecosystems including bag formats (rosbag/rosbag2/MCAP) and DDS configuration
• DNN inference runtimes and accelerators: TensorRT TIDL CUDA quantized inference and their pre/post-processing pipelines
• Cloud-scale data or simulation pipelines: containers orchestration batch compute CI at fleet-data volume
• Automotive communication protocols: CAN automotive Ethernet SOME/IP
• Time spent shipping software in an automotive robotics or autonomous-vehicle setting

• Medical dental and vision coverage
• Office snacks & reimbursable meals*
• Paid Time Off
• FSA
• 401K

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