Senior Software Engineer (BSW)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer (Basic Software) to join a powertrain ECU development program with a leading automotive technology company in Gothenburg. This is a hands-on embedded software implementation role spanning the full product development lifecycle, from prototyping through to production, within a safety-critical electric vehicle powertrain program.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop platform software — low-level drivers and AUTOSAR middleware — for powertrain electronic control units

• Implement software components against AUTOSAR Classic architecture

• Develop low-level peripheral drivers for microcontroller subsystems: DI, DO, ADC, DAC, Timer, PWM, DMA and Watchdog

• Integrate individual software functions into the ECU and provide debug and validation support

• Support requirements definition, architectural and detailed design, estimation and documentation

• Conduct and participate in design and code reviews

• Perform unit testing and integration testing against automotive software quality standards

• Work within an Agile/Scrum delivery framework as part of a cross-functional embedded software team

Required Skills and Experience

• Excellent Embedded C language skills — including compiler and linker knowledge

• Experience in C/C++ in an automotive embedded context

• Strong AUTOSAR architecture knowledge — BSW and middleware implementation

• Hands-on experience developing low-level drivers for microcontroller peripherals

• Knowledge of communication protocols: CAN, LIN, SPI and UART

• Hands-on experience with on-chip debugging tools for hardware/software boundary troubleshooting

• Knowledge of OS coding techniques, hardware interfaces and subsystems

• Experience with SW versioning systems — SVN and/or Git

• Agile/Scrum development experience

• Familiarity with issue, configuration and test management solutions

Desirable

• Experience leading within a Scrum team

• Powertrain or EV domain background — BMS, Inverter or EDU systems

• DaVinci Configurator/Developer or equivalent AUTOSAR toolchain experience

• Vector toolchain experience — CANoe, CANape