VECU - Virtual Environment Engineer (f/m/d)

About the Team:

This position is part of ZF’s ADAS & HPC business, which is entering an exciting new phase of growth and transformation within the advanced automotive technology space. The business unit is planned for divestiture, creating a unique opportunity to help shape the future of next-generation driver assistance and high-performance computing technologies.

What you can look forward to as a Specialist – QEMU Virtualization & Embedded Linux Platforms (ARM64):

• Responsibility for developing and improving virtualization environments for embedded platforms (ARM64, Yocto, Android).
• Defining and standardizing scalable virtualization processes across BSP and system integration.
• Ensuring alignment between virtual and physical platforms through structured validation and gap analysis.
• Investigating system behavior using logs, kernel traces, device trees, and resolving mismatches (abstraction, stubs, co-simulation).
• Collaborating with architecture, BSP, and integration teams, providing technical input and decision support.
• Documenting findings and converting them into repeatable, scalable processes.
• Building end-to-end understanding across host, emulator, and target systems, and translating technical findings into reusable standards.

Your profile as a Specialist – QEMU Virtualization & Embedded Linux Platforms (ARM64):

• Several years of experience in embedded virtualization and system analysis.
• Expertise in QEMU (arm64), Linux (Ubuntu preferred), Yocto, and automotive Android (AGL/AAOS).
• Experience with BSP, device trees, kernel, drivers, boot flows, and SoC hardware interactions (MMIO, DMA, interrupts).
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills, structured and analytical mindset.
• Proficiency with Linux tools (dmesg, perf, ftrace, trace-cmd), device tree tools (dtc, fdtdump), binary tools (readelf, objdump, nm, strings), build/debug tools (Meson, Ninja, GDB), and co-simulation (shared memory, socket backends).
• Ability to automate workflows using Linux shell scripting.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and independent working style.
• Ability to communicate effectively across technical teams and turn insights into scalable solutions.
• Fluent in English.

Why should you choose ZF in Częstochowa or Łódź?

• Real impact on ADAS systems improving road safety. 
• Stable employment and attractive work conditions.
• Possibility of professional development in an international environment.
• Benefit package – private healthcare, life insurance, My Benefit system etc.
• Flexible working hours, hybrid working model, and international collaboration.

Be part of our ZF team as VECU - Virtual Environment Engineer (f/m/d) and apply now!

Contact

Anna Zygmułka-Reszka