Virtualization Engineer (f/m/d)

About the Team

What makes this role unique

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.

As part of the Engineering Excellence organization, you will create and evolve a virtualization ecosystem for next-generation High-Performance Computing (HPC), Smart Sensors and Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms, building the tooling, frameworks, and infrastructure that enable software development, integration, and validation in virtual environments at scale.

Leveraging technologies such as QEMU, KVM, Linux, QNX, and Qualcomm Virtualization Solutions , you will contribute to a reusable virtualization framework supporting multiple vehicle programs and product lines across the organization.

We are open to candidates at different seniority levels. The final role level (Engineer, Senior Engineer, or Principal Engineer) will be determined based on skills, experience, and demonstrated technical leadership.

What you can look forward to as a Virtualization Engineer (f/m/d):

• Developing and extending QEMU-based virtual platforms and virtualization components.
• Defining standards and best practices for virtualization across the organization.
• Building reusable tooling and frameworks for software development, integration, testing, and validation on virtual hardware.
• Developing and integrating virtual HPC and SDV environments, including system bring-up, device modeling, operating systems, BSPs, and virtualization technologies.
• Driving virtualization adoption through automation, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with architecture, platform software, and infrastructure teams.

Profile description:

Your profile as a Virtualization Engineer (f/m/d):

• Experience in virtualization, embedded Linux, systems software, platform engineering, or related fields, including QEMU, ARM64, KVM/hypervisors, Linux internals, QNX, BSPs, device trees, boot flows, drivers, and SoC architectures.

• Experience with software development and automation using C/C++, Python, or shell scripting; familiarity with Qualcomm platforms, virtual ECU environments, QEMU, co-simulation, CI/CD, cloud-native environments, or open-source Linux/virtualization projects is a plus.

• Solid understanding of embedded software development processes and lifecycle is highly desirable.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

• Fluent English.

We offer:

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.

Anna Zygmułka-Reszka