Role & responsibilities :

- Analyse OEM customer requirements and specifications for infotainment products, and derive clear, testable system requirements.
- Define and maintain the system architecture of the infotainment product, covering functional, logical and interface views, hardware/software allocation, and system-level use cases.
- Own system features end to end, such as audio, media, tuner, Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connectivity, smartphone projection (Apple CarPlay / Android Auto), voice assistant, navigation and HMI.
- Define and manage system interfaces and communication over CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet and SOME/IP, including signal and message definitions with the vehicle network.
- Maintain bidirectional traceability from customer requirements to system, software, hardware and test, using tools such as DOORS / Polarion.
- Lead requirement reviews, technical clarifications and change-request impact analysis with the OEM and internal teams.
- Define system integration and qualification test strategies, review system test specifications, and support integration, validation and defect triage.
- Ensure compliance with ASPICE system engineering processes (SYS.1SYS.5), and support functional safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434) activities where applicable.
- Act as the technical point of contact across software, hardware, test and project management teams, and mentor junior engineers

Preferred candidate profile





- 6-9 years of experience in automotive embedded systems, with at least 4 years in infotainment / IVI system engineering.
- Strong experience in requirements engineering and system architecture, including requirement decomposition, use cases and interface definition, with model-based systems engineering (SysML) using Enterprise Architect / Rhapsody / Cameo.
- Good understanding of infotainment domains: audio and media, Bluetooth profiles (HFP, A2DP, AVRCP, PBAP, MAP), Wi-Fi, USB, smartphone projection (CarPlay / Android Auto), tuner, navigation and voice.
- Working knowledge of vehicle networks and protocols: CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, UDS/DoIP diagnostics, with tools such as CANoe / CANalyzer.
- Familiarity with infotainment platforms (Android Automotive / AOSP, Linux, QNX) and SoCs (e.g. Qualcomm, NXP, Renesas).
- Hands-on experience with ALM / requirements tools (DOORS / Polarion / Codebeamer, JIRA) and ASPICE-compliant development.
- Experience working directly with global or Indian OEMs, with strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills. Good to Have
- Exposure to functional safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434) work products.
- Experience with cockpit domain controllers or digital cluster integration.
- Experience with OTA software update and connected-car / telematics features.
- Agile (Scrum / Protected) project experience.

📌 System Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Karnex Software Solution
📍 Chennai