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# Lead Developer

- **Company:** dspace digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
- **Location:** Paderborn, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €64,000.0 - €79,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Code Generation, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Hardware Compatibility (Software Requirements), Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Software Engineering, Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Git, Modeling and Simulation, GNSS
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.xing.com/jobs/paderborn-lead-developer-156811459

## About the Role

* You have a B.Tech/M.Tech university degree in Electronics and Communication or Electrical and Electronics Engineering, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
 * You have strong experience in system architecture and subsystems such as VCU, MCU, BMS, motor, inverter, battery, vehicle dynamics, instrument cluster and telematics, guiding implementation at a team level
 * You have strong knowledge in motor and inverter control methods and telematics systems, including Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies
 * You have deep expertise in MATLAB® and Simulink®, and have previous experience with vehicle modeling and simulation tools
 * You have strong C programming knowledge, applied to S-Function development and integration with simulation models
 * You have hands-on experience in HIL validation, ensuring model-hardware compatibility, and are familiar with SIL workflows
 * You are familiar with Azure® DevOps and Git for version control and CI/CD workflows
 * You demonstrate strong leadership in guiding development teams, mentoring engineers, and ensuring sustainable practices. And have excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal

## Description

For our office in Trivandrum, dSPACE is looking for creative and motivated professionals. You will work on exciting and technologically cutting-edge product development projects, in the areas of control prototyping, code generation and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation., * You own plant model development, guiding the team for maintainability, scalability, and HIL hardware alignment

 * You drive the creation and improvement of library blocks across vehicle control and telematics domains, addressing gaps to ensure model fidelity
 * You define technical direction for model setup, enhancement, and validation
 * You steer development to meet validation needs and OEM expectations
 * You mentor developers to ensure lean, sustainable practices, * A crucial role in a young, dynamic, and fast-growing team
 * A work environment that fosters trust, respect, and feedback
 * An onboarding buddy to integrate you smoothly into our team
 * Productivity and improvement time between the development sprints
 * A mentor helping you with your personal goals, technical progress in general and your software engineering skills in particular


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