Industry · Automotive
Automotive-Grade Engineers. ISO 26262 Experience Verified.
Placing an embedded firmware engineer who is "familiar with functional safety" into an ASIL-D program is how automotive teams lose months of schedule they cannot recover. Automotive semiconductor work is its own discipline. MISRA-C compliance, AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive architecture, SOME/IP and CAN-FD protocol stacks, lockstep core design, AEC-Q100 qualification, and the A-SPICE process maturity your program requires. These are not skills you can approximate from general embedded experience.
We screen for all of it before a resume reaches your desk. When we say an engineer has ISO 26262 experience, we mean we have verified what ASIL level they worked at, what their role in the safety case development was, and whether they've been through the FMEDA and functional safety assessment process. Not that they attended a training course.
Roles we place
Automotive Engineering Talent
Embedded Firmware Engineers (Automotive)
AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive, MISRA-C, CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, OTA update for safety-critical ECUs. RTOS expertise in QNX, VxWorks, and AUTOSAR-compliant stacks. Engineers with A-SPICE process experience available.
DFT Engineers (Automotive / Safety)
Logic BIST (LBIST) for in-field testing of ISO 26262 safety mechanisms. On-chip monitoring, concurrent testing during operation. MBIST for automotive-grade memory arrays. Foundry and OSAT production test bring-up experience.
RTL / Digital Design Engineers (Automotive)
AEC-Q100 qualified designs, lockstep core implementation, ECC memory integration, wide temperature range design (-40°C to +150°C), fault detection and diagnostic coverage per ISO 26262 ASIL requirements.
Hardware / Board Engineers (Automotive)
CISPR 25 and ISO 11452 EMC compliance, wide-temp component selection, conformal coating design, vibration and shock qualification, functional safety partitioning at the board level.
Systems / Functional Safety Engineers
ISO 26262 safety case development, FMEA and FMEDA, SPFM/LFM calculation, V-model development process, safety goal derivation and allocation.
Analog / Mixed-Signal Engineers (Automotive)
LIDAR and RADAR signal chain design, GaN and SiC power electronics for EV drivetrains, high-voltage BMS (Battery Management System) IC design, automotive-qualified sensor interfaces.
BSP / Platform Software Engineers
AUTOSAR RTE, SOME/IP service-oriented communication, DDS, hypervisor integration for mixed-criticality platforms (QNX Hypervisor, ACRN), embedded Linux with automotive safety partitioning.
Why Game 7
What Changes When You're Placing into an ASIL-D Program
01
Functional Safety Is a Hard Gate, Not a Checkbox
We screen specifically for ASIL level experience. A, B, C, or D. Not just "automotive experience." An engineer who has worked ASIL-B sensor fusion firmware is not the same as one who has owned the safety case for an ASIL-D braking system. We ask. We verify. We tell you what you're getting.
02
Autosar Is Not a Buzzword
There is a meaningful difference between an engineer who has configured an AUTOSAR BSW stack, one who has written an AUTOSAR-compliant component within an existing RTE, and one who has architected the full Classic or Adaptive platform for a new ECU. We distinguish between these levels and match accordingly.
03
We Know Which Program Phase Needs Which Engineer
Automotive programs run on a V-model. The engineer you need for SoC architecture and RTL development is different from the one you need for production DFT bring-up, which is different from the one you need for AUTOSAR integration and ECU software validation. We don't submit a software bring-up specialist for a lockstep RTL role, and we don't submit an ASIC designer for a firmware integration req.
The screening standard
Technical depth
Domain expertise verified through structured discipline-specific screening
Domain match
Experience in your specific discipline, tools, and program phase
Active availability
Confirmed ready to start within your timeline
Rate alignment
Validated against your program budget before submission
Result: 2-4 verified candidates per role. No keyword-matched resumes. No noise.
Disciplines we staff for Automotive
Cross-Link to the Discipline Pages
FAQ
Automotive Staffing. Common Questions.
Does Game 7 Staffing place engineers with ISO 26262 functional safety experience?+
Yes. Game 7 Staffing places engineers with verified ISO 26262 functional safety experience at automotive semiconductor companies and Tier 1 suppliers. This includes embedded firmware engineers experienced with AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive, MISRA-C compliance, CAN-FD and LIN protocols, and ASIL A through D program development; DFT engineers with Logic BIST (LBIST) expertise for in-field safety testing; RTL engineers experienced with lockstep cores and ECC memory; and functional safety systems engineers who have developed safety cases, FMEDAs, and participated in the V-model assessment process. Game 7 screens for specific ASIL level experience. Not generic "automotive background."
What is the difference between AUTOSAR Classic and AUTOSAR Adaptive, and can Game 7 place engineers in both?+
AUTOSAR Classic is the original AUTOSAR architecture designed for deeply embedded, deterministic ECUs with hard real-time requirements (braking, steering, powertrain). AUTOSAR Adaptive is a newer standard for high-compute automotive platforms (ADAS, autonomous driving) running on POSIX-based operating systems with dynamic service-oriented communication via SOME/IP. Game 7 places engineers in both environments. Classic specialists have experience with BSW configuration, RTE design, and CAN/LIN/FlexRay protocol stacks. Adaptive specialists have experience with SOME/IP, DDS, C++17, and mixed-criticality hypervisor integration.
Can Game 7 staff engineers for automotive chip programs that require AEC-Q100 qualification knowledge?+
Yes. Game 7 places RTL and chip design engineers with AEC-Q100 qualification experience for automotive semiconductor programs. AEC-Q100 sets stress test requirements (thermal cycling, humidity, electrical overstress, electromigration) for ICs used in automotive environments. Engineers placed by Game 7 in automotive chip roles have experience with wide-temperature range design (-40°C to +150°C), automotive-grade reliability requirements, and the design constraints imposed by functional safety standards including lockstep core architecture and ECC memory integration.
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