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Principal Engineer, Application Engineering (f/m/d)

HophrMunich, DE

EngineeringPrincipalFull time
Source-verified: read directly from this employer's own lever job board, not a repost.On-sitePosted (1 month ago)Last verified (today)

At a glance

Location
Munich, DE
Workplace
On-site
Pay
Not published by the employer
Employment type
Full time
Experience
Not stated
Education
Bachelor (preferred)
Job family
Engineering
Seniority
Principal
Posted by employer
13 July 2026
Last verified open
7 September 2026
Region and country
DE
Team
Engineering
Listed via
Lever

What the employer wrote

What you'll do • Understand vehicle E/E architecture evolution and resulting impact on MCU (e.g. impact of central compute and zonalization trend)

• Understand MCU SW ecosystem and architecture and impact on MCU architecture

• Analyse Software / Hardware tradeoffs

• Drive thought leadership of innovative concepts disrupting the market

• Build and maintain technical relationships with key architects at OEMs and leading Tier Ones

• Follow latest market trends to predict changes in product

• Closely follow technology trends and predict their impact

• Closely work with Marketing on Market requirements

• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the system meets their needs.

What we require • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar required, Masters preferred

• Vast knowledge in relevant experience

• Strong understanding of automotive applications. We are looking for several candidates covering those segment:

• Electrification, e.g. Inverter, DC/DC, Onboard Charger, …

• Vehicle E/E architecture, e.g. central gateways, zonal ECUs, ECU up integration

• High level of experience in microcontroller/microprocessor architectures as well as network interfaces (Ethernet, CAN…)

• Good understanding of software needs for AutoSAR related applications driving the HW architecture

• Strong customer engagement & experience. Direct experience with Automotive Tier1 or OEMs preferred.

• Ability to work at the system-level, identifying optimal partitioning of solutions between hardware and software.

• Comfortable working with the ambiguity inherent in implementing new technologies

• Good written and verbal communication/presentation skills in English spanning technical contributors, business stakeholders, customers, and management. Information sharing, working as a team player and striving for clarity comes natural to you

• Willingness to travel worldwide

Where this record came from

Read from Hophr's own Lever job board on , and last confirmed still open on . The employer published it on 13 July 2026. Jobsearch.ing did not write, edit or rank this posting, and does not vet the employer. View the original posting.

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