Embedded Software Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Toulouse, France; partial remote work possible, with 2 remote days per week

Salary: €37,000–€50,000 gross per year

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous driving technology for heavy-duty driverless vehicles used in airports, logistics, and industrial sites, including autonomous towing solutions.

What you will do

• Develop embedded C software for safety-critical ECUs used in autonomous vehicles.
• Test software on hardware-in-the-loop benches, autonomous vehicles, and prototypes.
• Co-design safety algorithms with technical experts and tech leads.
• Define and execute automated unit, integration, and validation test plans.
• Contribute to hardware and software safety certification strategies.
• Support components from development through deployment, integration, validation, and maintenance while contributing to estimates, risk assessments, and delivery planning.

Requirements

• Strong experience with embedded C and Python for low-level development, including bare-metal systems, bootloaders, flash memory, and register access.
• Experience with Git, Linux, shell scripting, GCC, GDB, and related system development tools.
• Proven experience developing safety-critical software, including unit testing, simulation, and validation.
• Solid understanding of real-time operating systems and embedded system architecture.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Docker, and automated build pipelines.
• Strong autonomy, initiative, collaboration, communication, rigor, and methodological thinking.
• Professional working proficiency in English, written and spoken, and fluent French are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with multicore processors, ideally ARM-based platforms.
• Python experience focused on testing, automation, or scripting.
• Familiarity with Lauterbach Trace32 or similar embedded debugging tools.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 or ISO 13849 functional safety standards in automotive or ADAS environments.
• Advanced CI/CD, DevOps, and automation experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary international engineering team focused on autonomous mobility and safety.
• Flexible hybrid working conditions with 2 remote days per week.
• Meal vouchers, family health insurance, and an eco-mobility allowance.
• Modern offices near the city center and public transportation, with coffee, tea, fresh fruit, and biweekly breakfast.
• Team-building activities, corporate events, employee committee support, and a choice of MacBook or PC depending on the position.

Hiring process

• 30-minute recruitment call.
• Online technical assessment.
• 1.5–2-hour team technical interview followed by a 1-hour final interview with the manager and recruitment team.