Join our expert, innovation and learning community around Software Engineering in Automotive & Mobility Ecosystems (SEA:ME)
- Team up with passionate experts from VW, CARIAD, Microsoft, MBition, Eclipse Foundation Software-defined Vehicle community as well as professors and researchers from technical universities.
- Enjoy our Open Innovation & Open Education environment without bureaucracy but with lots of entrepreneurial peers.
- Connect to talented next generation coders and evolve open source training materials that can be used in your organisation, universities and industry.
We are an innovative non-profit higher-education organization building the first comprehensive training curriculum for automotive and mobility software developers. Your expertise and support will impact aspiring coders to thrive in their careers. We are building a network of professionals to guide and mentor our students. Whether you are an expert software engineer providing technical guidance, a manager or a recruiting pro offering career support and advice, your contribution will be valuable. Fellows can engage in the following activities:
- Mentoring. Our Mentorship Program provides inspiration, career advice, and motivation to aspiring coders on a 1:1 basis to help them achieve their career goals. In the mentorship kick-off you will find a match based on what you can offer and the respective students' needs. In addition, we offer career support sessions to help students to find suitable job opportunities and prepare for coding interviews. You can join our regular Fellowship events and participate in a vibrant community of like-minded professionals.
- Internships. Our Internship Program offers 4-6-month coding internships with the majority receiving job offers - even before graduation based on high recommendation rates from their mentors.
- Learning and Development. Our Learning and Development Program involves collaboration on Communities of Practice, Open Educational Resources, Micro-Trainings and Innovation Projects to foster lifelong learning and development.
As SEA:ME Fellows, you volunteer from 2 hrs per month to 8 hrs per week to collaborate on learning and innovation projects. Right now you are invited to contribute to the development of our new master-level 12-month open source curriculum that trains students in all areas and modes of mobility via 3 modules:
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Embedded Systems - This module brings together educational projects around distributed computing systems architecture in a modern vehicle. We are looking for fellows with expertise in embedded operating systems (e.g. Embedded Linux, QNX), programming languages (C, C++, Python), microcontrollers (RPis, Arduinos, ARM, Nvidia), communication protocols (CAN, FlexRay, MOST, LIN), understanding of connectivity technologies (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee), sensors and actuators (GPS, cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, ultrasonic), HMI (touchscreens, buttons, voice recognition).
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Autonomous Driving - In this module students learn in projects about lane keeping assist (LKA) system, adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, obstacle detection and avoidance, park assistance system, traffic sign recognition system. You are very welcome to share your expertise in ADAS systems, computer vision, AI/ML algorithms, sensor fusion, robotics and simulation technologies (such as Carla, Gazebo, MATLAB) with us to shape and evolve these exciting peer learning projects!
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Mobility Ecosystems - Here we are looking for peers with expertise in cloud computing technologies (such as OpenStack, Microsoft Azure and deploying/managing applications in the cloud), data engineering concepts and technologies (such as data storage, data processing, and data analysis, as well as experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, NoSQL), microservices architecture (knowledge of microservices architecture and experience building and deploying microservices-based applications) will be utilized to create cool educational projects focusing on V2C and V2X based features.
The SEA:ME is in collaboration with our partners from the Software-defined Vehicle (SDV) project at the Eclipse foundation. Through this partnership we will transpose cutting edge open source projects from SDV into open peer-training materials.
Next to pioneering the SEA:ME learning projects, Fellows are invited to: Engage in fun projects like developing a self-driving Käfer or an indoor-drone navigation system for an artistic drone-dance project Use SEA:ME as a platform for open knowledge sharing and expert exchange via our fellow gatherings, workshops and hackathons.
For more information about SEA:ME: https://seame.space
Please take 10 min to fill out the Fellow Application form. We will get back swiftly with how you can hit the ground, get to know your peer 42 SEA:ME Fellows and our students.
Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Meanwhile, women or people with protected characteristics often only apply if they check every box. So if you feel you could be great for this role but don’t meet every single item on the list, please get in touch either way. We’d love to work out the potential together.
- AI/ML Expert
- Android Auto Expert
- AUTOSAR Expert
- CAN Expert
- CARLA Expert
- Embedded C++ Expert
- Embedded Linux Expert
- Full Stack Expert
- IoT & Cloud Expert
- Qt Expert
- Raspberry Pi & Arduino Expert
- ROS Expert
- Sensor Fusion & Planning Expert
- SLAM Expert
- V2C Technology Expert
- Yocto / OpenEmbedded Expert
SEA:ME is using GitHub as a tool for Learning Management Systems. Being a member of the SEA:ME organization on GitHub is a must for a SEA:ME fellow.
SEA:ME is using Slack. Chat with other fellows, community members, students and make big announcements. If you are not part of SEA:ME Slack server you are missing out a lot!
SEA:ME Calendar is available on Notion. This could also be a platform to keep public record of our Fellows.
At SEA:ME, we would love to showcase you as a fellow on our website. While it is not mandatory, we highly encourage you to provide us with your profile picture and a little professional description. It helps us increase our visibility in this universe!
Update your LinkedIn profile and let your contacts and followers know that you are a SEA:ME fellow!
This is the first step for a fellow to get in touch with students and other fellows. We will do all the setup for you to come on stage and address our students & community of practice. Let our students know who you are by this fireside chat and ask me anything session!
Bring in your knowledge and spread it out on the table. A crisp hands-on workshop session on your area of expertise will get our students closer to you! Knowledge sharing
- Do you have something exciting to show to our students? You are welcome to host any presentation to give interesting insights into your work and area of expertise to our ever hungry audience, students and fellows!
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- Do you have an idea for a potential learning project? Bring them here: https://github.com/orgs/SEA-ME/projects/5
- Are you a part of our teams? Check out our teams on GitHub: https://github.com/orgs/SEA-ME/teams
- Do you have an idea for a hackathon? Or looking for one? Check out the ideas: https://github.com/orgs/SEA-ME/projects/25
- Our students are following an agile way of work/study with sessions like sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, feedback/team building, etc. This structure will be available in our SEA:ME Calendar
- At least 1 (30 mins) session during the whole SEA:ME study duration.
- At least 1 during the whole SEA:ME duration in fellow’s area of expertise.
- Code review (optional - because not all fellows are coders/developers/programmers)
- 30 mins per sprint per 4 students
- 2 hrs per month per 4 students
- 15 mins 1:1 per sprint(15 days) per student
- Play a jury member!