AI Adoption Mentor — Embedded Engineering

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AI Adoption Mentor — Embedded Engineering

Unikie is looking for an AI Adoption Mentor — Embedded Engineering to support our customer’s embedded software team in Tampere.

The goal of this role is to help embedded engineers use AI tools more effectively in their daily development work. You will work directly with the customer team, understand how they currently use AI, identify practical improvement areas, and mentor engineers in hands-on AI usage.

This is not a pure embedded developer role and not a generic AI training role. We are looking for a senior technical person who combines embedded engineering experience, practical AI tool usage, customer collaboration, and mentoring skills.

What You Will Do

• Assessing how the embedded software team currently uses AI tools
• Identifying practical AI use cases in embedded development workflows
• Mentoring developers in effective use of AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar
• Supporting AI-assisted coding, debugging, documentation, code review, and unit test ideation
• Helping the team create safe and practical prompting practices for embedded software development
• Running hands-on workshops, demos, and individual coaching sessions
• Supporting team-level AI adoption, not only individual tool usage
• Turning observations and feedback into concrete improvement proposals
• Acting as a trusted technical advisor between Unikie and the customer
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Strong background in embedded software development
• Practical experience with C and/or C++
• Good understanding of embedded development workflows, debugging, code review, and documentation
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in software engineering work
• Experience mentoring, coaching, onboarding, leading, or supporting technical teams
• Ability to explain technical topics clearly and practically
• Confidence to work directly with customer teams
• Ability to work independently in unclear situations and structure the work step by step
• Fluent English communication skills
• Willingness to work onsite with customer teams in Tampere
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience as an Embedded Software Lead, Tech Lead, Software Architect, or Senior Embedded Developer
• Experience with industrial software, machinery, automotive, robotics, telecom, autonomous systems, or similar domains
• Experience with GitHub, CI/CD, development workflows, or engineering productivity tools
• Experience using AI for code explanation, refactoring, test ideation, documentation, or debugging
• Experience running technical workshops or internal enablement sessions
• Finnish language skills