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Pandora Media Inc Principal Engineer OEM Software Support in Farmington Hills, Michigan
Who We Are:
SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.
This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.
SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.
How you'll make an impact:
The Principal Engineer - OEM Software Support will lead technical interactions with SiriusXM's OEM automotive partners ('OEMs') and their infotainment system suppliers ('Tier 1 suppliers') involved in the integration of SiriusXM's software into the partners' automotive systems.
What you'll do:
Provide technical leadership in the integration and use of SiriusXM software, APIs, and protocols to OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers that are incorporating SiriusXM services into vehicle infotainment systems.
Evaluate the OEMs' target system architectures, providing advice to OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers on best practices for integrating SiriusXM software in the targets.
Assist OEMs and/or Tier 1 suppliers in early program software design activities such as identifying target platform requirements, establishing proper SiriusXM API usage, estimating platform resources usage, setting KPI (key performance indicator) objectives, and defining critical interfaces to connectivity and other platform service libraries.
After initial architecture / design work for a program, provide ongoing technical consulting as needed to the SiriusXM engineering and Tier 1 teams directly involved in adapting SiriusXM software to the target.
Provide technical feedback from OEM / Tier 1 interactions to internal SiriusXM software development teams to influence ongoing development and enhancements to SiriusXM software.
Support OEMs/Tier1s for SiriusXM Product Certification related activities.
Provide technical program management duties on behalf of SiriusXM, tracking and closing open issues at both the OEMs and the Tier 1 suppliers.
Travel to offices of OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as required.