Senior Embedded Software Engineer

A fast-growing engineering consultancy is looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design and deliver innovative embedded products across varied markets. This is a hands-on role where you’ll take ideas from early concept through prototype and into production, working closely with both engineers and customers.

The role

You’ll be developing robust, high-quality embedded software for technically demanding projects, often under tight timelines. You’ll contribute across the full lifecycle: architecture, implementation, testing, debugging, and customer-facing documentation.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop embedded/real-time software in C and modern C++
• Work on Linux system development (e.g. Yocto, Debian)
• Build software for 16/32-bit microcontrollers (e.g. ARM, PIC, MSP430, DSP)
• Integrate standard comms interfaces: Ethernet, USB, RS232, I2C, SPI
• Control and integrate wireless modules: Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, LoRa, NFC
• Debug, fault-find, and improve reliability/performance of embedded systems
• Produce customer-ready documentation, test evidence, and reports
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, techniques, and processes where useful

Essential experience

• 5+ years developing embedded / real-time systems
• Strong commercial experience with modern C++ and C
• Embedded Linux development exposure (Yocto/Debian or similar)
• Confident with embedded comms protocols and typical hardware interfaces
• Strong engineering practices: clean code, testing mindset, best-practice development
• Good communication skills (internal + customer-facing)

Nice to have

• RTOS (e.g. FreeRTOS)
• Object-oriented design
• Windows / C#
• Security/crypto/TLS stacks
• Android/iOS apps
• DSP algorithms, image/video capture & processing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering (or related)

Eligibility

• Must have the right to work in the UK (sponsorship not available)