Embedded Systems Engineer – Automotive (Hybrid)

Volkswagen Group; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Flexible work hours

Health care and life insurance

Career development

Job summary

Volkswagen Group Services is hiring an Embedded Developer to join our Innovation & Engineering Hub in Lisbon. You will design, develop, test, and maintain embedded solutions for customer operations, collaborating with a global team to enhance services and tooling.

We value hands-on experience in automotive-grade embedded systems, C++, and adaptive autosar, with a focus on validation, CI/CD, and cross-domain integration. Flexible hours and hybrid work model offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent job experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience in embedded software development for automotive or similarly complex environments, with e.g. C++ or Adaptive Autosar.
• Solid expertise in embedded platforms and operating systems.
• Experience in prototyping and test automation,as well as CI/CD and modern software delivery practices.
• Understanding of networking, secure communication, and integration across embedded, hardware, and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded solutions running on vehicles in customer operation.
• Validate embedded solutions using hardware and software test environments, including HIL setups, real components, mocking, and automated test scripts.
• Develop testing and automation tools to support and improve software validation.
• Debug and resolve end-to-end system issues across software, hardware, and network layers, ensuring system compatibility and reliability.
• Support the deployment and integration of platform features across multiple products.
• Take initiative to solve problems and overcome roadblocks.
• Collaborate with your global team to improve services, tooling, and processes.

Skills

Embedded software

C++

Adaptive Autosar

CI/CD

Networking

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree in computer science

Tools

Python

AWS

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

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Annual gross salary range: Min. 29,505€ - Max. 57,225€

Volkswagen Group Services is a Volkswagen Group company oriented towards working for Group companies worldwide.

We provide services in the areas of production, logistics, data engineering (IT), engineering, consulting, quality, business services, human resources, communication and administrative and financial services. We are focused on our clients’ activities and take responsibility for carrying them out on their behalf.

We are currently hiring a Embedded Developer to join our I&E HUB in Lisbon

Who are we?

At the Innovation & Engineering Hub, we develop bold, market-ready solutions that support Volkswagen Group and its leading brands. Together with TRATON Group’s Global R&D — home to brands like Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus — we’re building the future of intelligent and sustainable transport. Global R&D focuses on:
• Alternative Drive Systems
• Digitalization
• Automated Driving
• Road Safety
We’re not just manufacturing vehicles — we’re engineering the future of mobility.

What do we do on our team?

We develop digital products and services for the TRATON Group, the heavy truck and bus division of the Volkswagen Group. Our Connected Maps service delivers up-to-date online map information directly to vehicles, enhancing fleet performance and operational efficiency. The system supports over-the-air map data management and provides real-time map insights to various vehicle functions, improving routing, efficiency, and navigation capabilities for our customers’ fleets. The service is live for Scania and MAN and will be rolled out later to our Trucks in North and South America. We’re looking for passionate team members to help develop these essential functions for our current and our future vehicle fleet.

What will your responsbilities be?

• Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded solutions running on vehicles in customer operation.
• Validate embedded solutions using hardware and software test environments, including HIL setups, real components, mocking, and automated test scripts.
• Develop testing and automation tools to support and improve software validation.
• Debug and resolve end-to-end system issues across software, hardware, and network layers, ensuring system compatibility and reliability.
• Support the deployment and integration of platform features across multiple products.
• Take initiative to solve problems and overcome roadblocks.
• Collaborate with your global team to improve services, tooling, and processes.

What requirements are we looking for?

• Bachelor‘s degree or equivalent job experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience in embedded software development for automotive or similarly complex environments, with e.g. C++ or Adaptive Autosar.
• Solid expertise in embedded platforms and operating systems.
• Experience in prototyping and test automation,as well as CI/CD and modern software delivery practices.
• Understanding of networking, secure communication, and integration across embedded, hardware, and cloud environments.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in computer science or related technical field.
• Experience with event-driven and microservice architectures.
• Experience with development in Python.
• Experience using AI development tools, e.g. Kiro, Codex, Claude Code.
• Experience with at least one cloud provider, preferably AWS, as well as with cloud monitoring and alerting, e.g. Datadog or Grafana.

What we can offer?

Competitive compensation package
Flexible work hours and hybrid model
Attractive workspace
Employee health care and life insurance
Social benefits and several discounts
Trainings and professional career development

About the job

Job ID: 29866

Location:

Lisboa, PT, 1200-246

Department: Research and Development

Working Model: Full-time

Contract Type: Unlimited

Remote Working: According to company policy

Posting Date: Sep 26, 2026

We are experts, we do, we achieve, we notice, we listen, we are specialists, we get to work, we believe. We are where we are needed.

Our three Iberian locations offer different key areas of expertise worldwide. Our diversity is our strength. We are Volkswagen Group Services!

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