Automotive Embedded Software: Recruiting for AUTOSAR, ADAS and Vehicle Electrification

The automotive sector is undergoing its most significant engineering transformation in a century, and embedded software engineers are at the centre of it. The shift to software-defined vehicles, electrification and advanced driver assistance systems has created sustained and growing demand for embedded software and systems engineers with automotive domain experience.

In the UK, the automotive embedded software talent pool is concentrated around the Midlands, with clusters in Coventry, Birmingham and Gaydon, but there is also significant demand from Tier 1 suppliers and specialist software companies based across the country.

Key hiring areas we see in automotive embedded:

• AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive platform development (BSW configuration, RTE generation, application software development • ISO 26262 functional safety) software development to ASIL A through D • ADAS and AD software (sensor fusion, perception stack, path planning (typically on higher-compute Linux/QNX platforms) • EV / BMS software) battery management systems, power electronics control, thermal management • Diagnostics and calibration (UDS, XCP, ETAS INCA experience • V&V and HIL/SIL testing) model-based testing, requirement-based testing

For automotive programmes, the challenge is not just finding engineers with the right technical skills but finding engineers who understand the automotive development discipline, the rigour, the process and the timescales involved. We pay close attention to this cultural and process fit when building shortlists for automotive clients.