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Automotive Recruitment Agency

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We are an automotive recruitment agency. We place embedded, ADAS, functional safety and connected-car engineers with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and mobility platforms. Tell us which programme needs people.

Why automotive hiring is different

Automotive software carries consequences that most software does not. Code ships into hardware that stays on the road for a decade or more, cannot be casually hot-fixed, and in many cases has to satisfy a safety argument before it is allowed to move at all.

That produces a genuinely different engineer. Functional safety under ISO 26262, AUTOSAR architectures, real-time constraints, vehicle networks such as CAN, LIN and Automotive Ethernet, and hardware-in-the-loop validation are learned inside the industry. General embedded experience helps, but it is not a substitute.

📝 Staffing a programme? Send us the requirement and we will respond with a market view and a shortlist plan.

Automotive roles we place

  • Embedded Software Engineer (AUTOSAR, classic and adaptive)
  • Functional Safety Engineer (ISO 26262)
  • ADAS and Perception Engineer
  • Vehicle Networks Engineer (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet)
  • Infotainment and Android Automotive Engineer
  • Connected Car and OTA Backend Engineer
  • Test and Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer
  • Cybersecurity Engineer (UNECE R155, ISO 21434)
  • Head of Software and Engineering Management

Sub-sectors we cover

  • OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers
  • ADAS and autonomous driving
  • EV powertrain and battery management
  • Connected car, telematics and OTA
  • Infotainment and cockpit software
  • Fleet, mobility and car sharing
  • Aftermarket and diagnostics

Ways to engage us

Vehicle programmes run for years, so we resource them four ways:

  1. Tech recruitment
  2. Staff augmentation
  3. Dedicated development teams
  4. Custom IT staffing

🧐 Not sure which model suits the programme? Give us the outline and we will advise.

How the search runs

  1. Brief. We agree the technical must-haves, the safety integrity level involved, and a salary band that competes with OEM and Tier-1 packages. If the requirement is unrealistic, that conversation happens now.
  2. Search. We headhunt inside OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and engineering service providers, where almost all of this experience is concentrated.
  3. Screen and shortlist. We screen on the layer you are hiring into: AUTOSAR and real-time behaviour, safety argumentation, perception and sensor fusion, or vehicle network integration.
  4. Offer and aftercare. We manage offer and notice, which in automotive are often long, and stay involved until the engineer is productive on the toolchain.

What Our Clients Say

Independently verified reviews from EchoGlobal clients on Clutch.

Where automotive talent sits

We recruit across the UK, the EU, Ukraine and CEE from London, Tallinn and Lviv. Ukraine, Poland and Romania hold substantial automotive benches, built around R&D centres run by OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

If you are comparing engineering locations, our Lviv and Kyiv market reviews cover pay and availability.

EchoGlobal OU is ISO 27001:2022 certified, which matters when programme documentation is commercially sensitive.

Related Industries

Telecom · GreenTech · MilTech.

Automotive recruitment: common questions

Which Automotive roles do you recruit for?

Embedded Software Engineer (AUTOSAR, classic and adaptive), Functional Safety Engineer (ISO 26262), ADAS and Perception Engineer, Vehicle Networks Engineer (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet), Infotainment and Android Automotive Engineer, Connected Car and OTA Backend Engineer, and leadership hires up to CTO.

Do you recruit permanent staff or contractors?

Both. Programme peaks and validation phases often run on augmentation, while safety and architecture ownership is permanent. All four models are available.

Which countries do you recruit in?

We recruit across the UK, the EU, Ukraine and CEE from London, Tallinn and Lviv. Ukraine, Poland and Romania hold substantial automotive benches, built around R&D centres run by OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

How do you screen Automotive engineers?

Against the specific layer you are hiring into rather than generic seniority. That means AUTOSAR and real-time behaviour, ISO 26262 safety work, perception and sensor fusion, or vehicle network integration, depending on the role. Each shortlisted candidate comes with written reasoning.

Can you help with leadership and executive hires?

Yes. We recruit Heads of Software and engineering leadership for OEMs, suppliers and mobility businesses.

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