Embedded C/C++ / Functional Safety Engineer

Unikie; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Unikie is seeking an Embedded C/C++ / Functional Safety Engineer to develop and integrate low-level automotive software for ECUs and ASIL-certified systems. You will strengthen communication between TCM, network layers, and chassis systems while enabling safer, more reliable vehicle functionality.

The role involves collaborating with systems, software, and safety engineers to meet ASIL requirements, support safety analyses and testing, and contribute to functional-safety documentation and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with embedded C and/or C++.
• Professional experience developing software for automotive ECUs.
• Experience with functional safety and ASIL-certified systems.
• Background developing or testing safety-critical software.
• Understanding of automotive communication networks and ECU integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ software for automotive ECUs.
• Enable network-side access to existing vehicle functionality.
• Modify and integrate communication between TCM, networks, and chassis systems.
• Contribute to safety-critical vehicle-control features.
• Support functional-safety documentation, verification, validation, and testing.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and safety engineers to ensure ASIL compliance.

Skills

Embedded C

C++

Automotive ECUs

Functional Safety

ASIL awareness

Job description

WE ARE LOOKING FOR Embedded C/C++ / Functional Safety Engineer

We are seeking an Embedded C/C++ / Functional Safety Engineer to develop and integrate lower-level vehicle systems supporting braking, steering, adaptive cruise control, and other vehicle-control functionality.

You will work on automotive ECUs and ASIL-certified systems, helping expose existing vehicle capabilities through network interfaces and strengthening communication between the transmission control module (TCM), network layers, and chassis systems.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ software for automotive ECUs.
• Enable network-side access to existing vehicle functionality.
• Modify and integrate communication between TCM/network layers and chassis systems.
• Contribute to the development and integration of safety-critical vehicle-control features.
• Support functional-safety documentation, verification, validation, and testing.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and safety engineers to ensure compliance with applicable ASIL requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience with embedded C and/or C++.
• Professional experience developing software for automotive embedded systems or ECUs.
• Experience with functional safety and ASIL-certified systems.
• Background developing or testing safety-critical software.
• Understanding of automotive communication networks and ECU integration.