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# Sr Software Engineer, Integration at Cariad, Inc.

- **Company:** Cariad, Inc.
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cariadinc/jobs/5461425008

## Job description

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

​Role Summary:

​The Sr Software Engineer, Integration integrates production C++ software, embedded middleware, and AI inference components into CARIAD’s autonomous-driving software stack. The role connects application software, inference runtimes, and embedded hardware to deliver reliable, real-time system behavior. Operating as a senior individual contributor, this engineer independently owns assigned complex integration deliverables on platforms such as Qualcomm 8797 and NVIDIA DRIVE Thor. The role develops C++ adapters and glue code, diagnoses issues across system interfaces, and validates integrated software through embedded testing, recompute with bit-identical replay, and HIL testing. The engineer will work closely with machine learning, embedded software, hardware, simulation, and vehicle engineering teams to resolve integration issues and prepare software for deployment.

Role Responsibilities:

C++ and Middleware Integration

- Design, implement, and maintain production-quality C++ software that integrates application components with embedded middleware such as Apex.AI, AOS, or ROS.
- Develop C++ adapters and glue code for data exchange, interface compatibility, component lifecycle, and runtime coordination.
- Integrate and debug software on Qualcomm 8797 and/or NVIDIA DRIVE Thor development kits, resolving issues across software and hardware boundaries.
- Independently own assigned integration issues from reproduction and root-cause analysis through corrective implementation and verified resolution, escalating cross-system architectural decisions as appropriate.

Embedded AI Inference Integration

- Integrate AI models and inference runtimes into embedded applications, including input and output handling and execution interfaces.
- Implement and maintain C++ adapters connecting inference libraries with middleware and application software.
- Profile and resolve integration issues affecting inference correctness, latency, memory use, and runtime stability on target hardware.
- Collaborate with ML engineers to validate model behavior and runtime compatibility, using QNN or TensorRT where applicable.

Embedded Testing and Validation

- Develop and execute embedded integration on development kits, benches, and HIL systems.
- Implement and maintain recompute workflows for bit-identical replay under controlled inputs and execution conditions.
- Investigate replay mismatches and integration regressions using logs, traces, recorded data, and target-hardware evidence.
- Automate regression testing and document functional, timing, and resource-use results to support release

Technical Collaboration and Documentation

- Coordinate interface changes and integration dependencies with ML, embedded software, hardware, simulation, and vehicle engineering teams.
- Participate in design and code reviews, provide practical technical guidance to engineering peers, and document interfaces, configurations, integration procedures, and validation evidence.
- Improve integration tooling and share lessons learned to increase reliability, reproducibility, and development efficiency.

​General Skills:

- Strong analytical and debugging skills across software, middleware, runtime, and hardware interfaces.
- Ability to independently own complex integration work and resolve issues using measurable evidence.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with ML, embedded software, hardware, and vehicle engineering teams.
- Strong software engineering practices, including code review, testing, documentation, and reproducible validation.​

​Required Specialized Skills:

- Strong hands-on C++ programming skills are required, including production-quality embedded software development and debugging.
- Experience integrating software with embedded middleware solutions such as Apex.AI, AOS, or ROS
- Hands-on experience integrating and debugging software on embedded AI compute platforms or development kits (e.g., Qualcomm 8797 or NVIDIA DRIVE Thor).
- Experience integrating AI inference on embedded targets, including C++ adapters and glue code connecting models, inference runtimes, and application interfaces.
- Experience with embedded testing, including recompute (bit-identical replay) and hardware-in-the- loop (HIL) validation.

​Desired Skills:

- Knowledge of QNN and TensorRT libraries for embedded AI inference integration.
- Experience integrating or debugging camera, radar, and lidar drivers.
- Experience with agentic workflows for implementation, debugging, testing, or documentation, with review and validation of generated output.

​Workplace Flexibility:

- Hands-on work with embedded development kits, lab systems, HIL environments, and development vehicles may require on-site presence when integration or validation activities cannot be performed remotely.
- Collaboration across U.S. and international time zones and occasional travel for integration activities or vehicle testing may be required.

​Years of Relevant Experience:

- 6+ years of experience in C++ software development, embedded systems, or software integration.
- Hands-on experience integrating, debugging, and validating software on embedded target hardware.
- Experience independently delivering complex technical work from integration planning through implementation and validation.

​Required Education:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

​Desired Education:

- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

## Compensation

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. The salary range for this position is $128,369 - $185,858.

CARIAD, Inc. provides performance based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan, short and long term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans, maternity and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, employee referral program and vacation and paid holidays. We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.

CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

Employment with Cariad Inc. is contingent upon the successful completion of this screening process. We emphasize the importance of compliance with export control and sanctions laws as a fundamental aspect of our operations. Our company is dedicated to adhering to these regulations to ensure the lawful and ethical conduct of our business activities. Employment with our company is contingent on either verifying U.S. citizenship or U.S. lawful permanent resident status or obtaining any necessary license or confirming the availability of an applicable exemption or license exception. You, the applicant, will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. Cariad Inc. may choose not to apply for a license or use an applicable license exception (if available) for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree to participate in the export control and sanctions compliance screening process. Your cooperation in this matter is essential to our shared success and the integrity of our operations. Thank you for your understanding and commitment to upholding these important standards.

CARIAD, Inc. provides performance-based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan, short- and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans, maternity and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, employee referral program and vacation and paid holidays. We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.

CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

Employment with CARIAD Inc. is subject to export control and sanctions compliance. Some positions may involve access to technology and/or software source code subject to U.S. legal restrictions on release to certain foreign persons based on citizenship or permanent residence. To ensure compliance, applicants will be required to provide information for screening. Employment may be contingent on the outcome, including verification of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status, or confirmation that a license, exemption, or exception applies. CARIAD retains the discretion to decline to obtain a required license in any case. By applying, you acknowledge and agree to participate in this process.

## About Cariad, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CARIAD is the global automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group, developing the software-defined vehicle platforms that power iconic brands like Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Bentley.
- **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States (global HQ in Wolfsburg, Germany)
- **Founded**: 2020 (as a standalone entity; predecessor organization formed in 2018)
- **Founders**: Part of Volkswagen Group; not founded by individual entrepreneurs.

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Automotive Software, Mobility Technology, Embedded Systems, ADAS/Automated Driving, Infotainment, Cloud Connectivity
- Target customers: B2B — exclusively serves the Volkswagen Group brands (Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda, CUPRA, Lamborghini, Bentley)
- Mission or purpose statement: "To bring automotive engineering and software development closer together, making mobility safer, more sustainable, and more comfortable in every way."

## Products & Services
- **Infotainment & Digital Experience**: Scalable infotainment stack powering AR head-up displays, AI-powered digital assistants, real-time EV route planning, and in-car app ecosystems.
- **ADAS & Automated Driving**: Scalable solutions for automated driving functions, using AI and sensor tech in partnership with Bosch and Horizon Robotics, accessible across the Group’s vehicle lineup.
- **Connect & Cloud**: Cloud infrastructure supporting over 45 million connected vehicles across 50+ countries, enabling over-the-air updates and smart services.
- **Vehicle Energy, Motion & Body System**: A scalable platform controlling how vehicles move, steer, brake, and manage energy, developed in close collaboration with Group brands.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (fully owned by Volkswagen Group, not independently valued)
- **Key Metric**: Employs approximately 4,000+ people globally (CARIAD, Inc. employs ~108 people in the US); software platforms power over 45 million vehicles
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sole stakeholder is Volkswagen Group; key technology partners include Bosch and Horizon Robotics.
- **Growth Signals**: Operates across 5 global tech hubs (Silicon Valley, Berlin, Beijing, Wolfsburg, Munich) and 7 countries; expanding engineering roles in AI, ADAS, and embedded machine learning; recent (~2026) hiring surge with a yearly job posting increase of +162.5%.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Distribution**: Access to the Volkswagen Group’s massive global scale, with iconic brands (Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley) and a fleet of 45M+ vehicles as a software deployment base.
- **Cross-Brand Platform**: Unique ability to develop a single software platform that scales across multiple premium and volume brands, giving engineers impact far beyond a single model line.
- **Certified Expertise**: ISO 9001 and ISO/SAE 21434 (cybersecurity) certified, ensuring high standards for quality and security in automotive software.
- **Global & Local**: Combines the agility of a Silicon Valley software company with the resources and stability of one of the world’s largest automotive groups.

## Strategic Focus
- **Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Platform**: Building a unified, scalable software stack that decouples hardware and software to enable continuous over-the-air updates and new revenue services.
- **Automated Driving Leadership**: Advancing Level 2+ and Level 3 automated driving functions in partnership with sensor and AI leaders.
- **AI Integration**: Embedding machine learning and AI into the vehicle experience — from assistants to autonomous functions — with active hiring for ML engineers.
- **Regional Adaptation**: Ensuring software is tailored to local markets (e.g., China, US, Europe) while maintaining a global core platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Global Impact at Scale**: Engineers get to work on software that will be deployed in millions of vehicles from legendary brands like Porsche, Audi, and Lamborghini — a scale few software companies outside of big tech can match.
- **Diverse, International Team**: A culture of 75+ nationalities and over 4,000 CARIDIANs, with a focus on collaboration, trust, and transparency. Values include "Can-Do Attitude," "Mutual Trust," and "Maximum Transparency."
- **Flexible Work**: Offers flexible working models and remote work options, with 30 days of paid leave and an attractive remuneration system. US offices in Mountain View, CA and Redmond, WA.
- **Career Development**: Continuous learning, professional development programs, and individual career paths. Strong emphasis on technical growth alongside personal development.
- **Tech Stack**: Engineers work on cutting-edge AI, embedded ML, cloud infrastructure, real-time systems, and autonomous driving technologies. The hiring process includes a technical interview (with possible Futurepath assessment) and an HR interview.
- **Recent Hirings From**: Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, Volkswagen of America, Audi of America, Rivian, Argo AI — indicating a competitive, high-caliber talent environment.

## Sources
1. [CARIAD Official Company Page](https://cariad.technology/de/en/company.html)
2. [CARIAD Careers Page](https://cariad.technology/de/en/careers.html)
3. [CARIAD Job Board (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cariadinc)
4. [CARIAD, Inc. LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cariadinc)

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