Technical Lead – RTOS-Based Automotive Platforms

Unikie; Szczecin; Remote; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Unikie is seeking a Technical Lead to drive RTOS-based automotive platform initiatives. The role focuses on supporting multiple ECU generations through design changes, qualification, and hardware debugging. You will learn an existing codebase and help validate hardware in a development setting.

The position requires 7+ years in embedded software with RTOS experience, plus deep hands-on with microcontrollers, debugging tools, and peripheral drivers. Remote role with onboarding in Palo Alto.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of embedded software experience with microcontrollers and related platforms.
• Strong RTOS expertise with FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Ramp up on the existing codebase, build pipeline and regression testing.
• Enable hardware validation tests and support design changes, component qualification and hardware debugging.
• Train and guide junior engineers.
• Provide weekly status updates, risk reports and decision documentation to program leadership.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware and software teams on debugging and validation.

Skills

Embedded software

RTOS expertise

C/C++

Python

Rust

Hardware debugging

Board bring-up

Low-level drivers

SPI/I2C/UART/CAN/Ethernet

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Lauterbach

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

WE ARE LOOKING FOR TECHNICAL LEAD – RTOS-BASED AUTOMOTIVE PLATFORMS

We are looking for a Technical Lead to join our team working on RTOS-based automotive platforms. We are creating a team to support multiple generations of automotive ECUs through design changes, component qualification and hardware debugging. The work involves getting familiar with an existing software codebase and enabling hardware validation tests.

This is a remote role, with approximately four weeks of initial ramp-up and onboarding in Palo Alto.

What You Will Do

• Ramp up on the existing codebase, build pipeline and regression testing.
• Enable hardware validation tests and support design changes, component qualification and hardware debugging.
• Train and guide junior engineers.
• Provide weekly status updates, risk reports and decision documentation to program leadership.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware and software teams on debugging and validation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of embedded software experience with microcontrollers, such as Infineon, NXP or ARM-based platforms.
• Strong RTOS expertise with FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS or an equivalent real-time operating system.
• C/C++ experience in bare-metal and RTOS environments, and Python/Rust skills.
• Experience with hardware debugging tools, including Lauterbach, JTAG, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up and low-level drivers for peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, GPIO, timers, ADC/DAC and external memories.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Background in platform and board support package (BSP) development for MCU-based ECUs, including clocking, BSP and device configuration, and hardware abstraction layers.
• Experience with hardware components such as sensors and gate drivers.
• Familiarity with the Infineon SDK and toolchain.
• ISO 26262 functional safety awareness.