AI Adoption Mentor — Embedded Engineering
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About the role
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
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