Senior Lead Engineer
Mahindra Group · Posted Oct 9
Automotive, farm equipment, information technology, financial services, and hospitality services
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About the role
The team builds embedded multimedia and digital cockpit platforms for automotive vehicles, covering audio, video, and camera subsystems. Work spans driver development, HAL components, and third-party framework integration on Linux, QNX, and Android. This role leads multiple teams and programs while architecting multimedia subsystems across vehicle lines.
What you will do
- Manage multiple teams, projects and deliverables
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of multimedia subsystems (audio, video, camera) for embedded platforms running Linux, QNX, and Android
- Integrate third-party audio frameworks (e.g., Dolby, DTS, Dirac).
- Develop and optimize audio drivers, ALSA/PulseAudio/PipeWire (Linux), QNX Audio drivers, and Android Audio HAL components
- Develop and optimize video drivers (e.g., V4L2 for Linux, custom drivers for QNX), display drivers, and Android Graphic/Display HAL
- Integrate and bring up camera sensors and modules on various platforms
- Develop and integrate connectivity features related to multimedia (e.g., Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth A2DP/HFP/AVRCP, USB, Ethernet)
- Monitor the resources in the efficient manner
- Status of milestones and deliverables across the portfolio
- Risk management and issue closure management
- Identifying Process gaps and implementation for efficient work environment
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Proven technical experience in Automotive domain
- Strong leadership and SW Project Management skills
- Ability to work in parallel across multiple projects
- Working experience in Agile methodology
- Strong experience in multimedia domain for Digital Cockpit platforms on linux/QNX/Android platforms
- Working experience in any latest gen Automotive chipsets, preferrable Qualcomm snapdragon 6/8 series.
- Working experience in Agile methodology.
- Experience in using Jira for Feature and Defect management.
- Ability to manage multiple programs. for multiple vehicle lines.
- Team's training, Team performance mgmt, and coaching abilities
- strong interpersonal skills, handling escalations, excellent communication in addition to strong domain knowledge
- Expertise in C and C++ for embedded and system-level programming
- Proficiency in Java/Kotlin for Android framework and application development
- Scripting languages (Python, Bash) for automation and tooling
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with Linux (Kernel, drivers, user space, ALSA, V4L2).
- Solid experience with QNX (Neutrino RTOS, drivers, multimedia frameworks)
- Extensive experience with Android (AOSP, Audio HAL, Camera HAL, MediaCodec, Stagefright, Media3)
- Linux: ALSA, V4L2, GStreamer, FFmpeg. QNX: QNX Multimedia Suite, OpenMAX. Android: android.media APIs, MediaCodec, MediaRecorder, CameraX, Camera2 API, ExoPlayer, Jetpack Media3
- Experience in audio routing and policy configuration
- Expertise in debugging complex embedded systems using JTAG, GDB, kernel debuggers
- Experience with performance profiling tools on each OS (e.g., Android Profiler, Linux perf).
- Handson experience in using DEVOPS and Bug tracking tools ( JIRA, GIT, Polarian, Doors, RTC)
- Experienced in Design/Architecture Tools like EA
- Strong analytical skills and hands-on experience with the tools and techniques necessary to perform root cause analysis, and ability to come up with solutions for complex issues
- Experience 11 to 14yrs
Preferred qualifications
- B.E / M.E in EEE, ECE, E&I, CSE
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mahindra Group
The Mahindra Group is a multinational conglomerate federation of companies with a presence across more than 20 industries globally. The group holds leadership positions in utility vehicles, farm equipment, information technology, and financial services. Driven by its core purpose to enable people to Rise, Mahindra operates across over 100 countries.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 327000+ employees
- Founded
- 1945-10-02
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman
Group CEO & Managing Director
Group Chief Financial Officer
Group Chief Technology Officer
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