Software Engineers (Automotive SDV Platform) – ITALY (Lecce)Cortus is a fabless semiconductor manufacturing group with a presence in several EU countries. The company designs and sells RISC-V microcontrollers (MCUs) and AI inference chips for automotive and avionics markets. Cortus develops a broad portfolio of proprietary IP and provides a complete software ecosystem, including IDE, compiler, debugger, SDK, and development boards.Over 18 billion devices have been produced using Cortus processors and IP, with around 1.2 billion units shipped annually. Cortus is also one of the dozen Platinium Founding Member of the RSCV-V Foundation.
Role OverviewWe are building the next generation of automotive software platforms for Software-Defined vehicles (SDV). We are seeking talented Software Engineers to develop reusable, and scalable software solutions for vehicle electronic systems, connectivity platforms, diagnostics, cybersecurity, and cloud-connected vehicle services.
This role focuses on creating proprietary software frameworks while maintaining automotive quality, safety,



and cybersecurity standards.
The successful candidate will work closely with system architects, hardware engineers and OEM partners to define and implement future vehicle software architectures.
Key ResponsibilitiesSoftware Platform Development
- Design and develop modular automotive software platforms for embedded and edge computing systems.
- Create reusable software components, middleware, and framework services for vehicle applications.
- Define software architecture supporting multiple vehicle programs and hardware platforms.
- Develop hardware abstraction layers and platform services for microcontrollers and high-performance computing systems.

Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV)
- Develop service-oriented software architectures for connected vehicle applications.
- Design vehicle APIs and software services supporting centralized vehicle computing.
- Contribute to domain controller and zonal archite

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