Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Platform Recruitment
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Last week
£60,000 – £70,000 pa

Salary

£60,000 – £70,000 pa

Seniority
Senior
Posted
8 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Senior Embedded Software Engineer | £60-70k | St. Ives

If you want to develop yourself from a Senior to a Lead engineer with a leading company developing extremely precise systems. This is the role for you.

Platform Recruitment is partnered with a global leader in extremely responsive control software for industrial automation, looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer.

You’ll be responsible for developing firmware & software, leading the software development team, and innovating the next generation of concepts.

Responsibilities as an Embedded Software Engineer:

* Design, develop, optimise, and thoroughly test firmware and software for execution on bare-metal processors and embedded Linux/RTOS platforms

* Lead a cross-functional team of hardware and software engineers to define the requirements and lead the software development life cycle

Requirements:

* Proven experience in leading firmware development for bare-metal and Linux/RTOS-based systems, with high proficiency in high-performance C/C++.

* Extensive knowledge of various communication protocols (e.g., TCP/UDP, SPI/I2C, CAN, RS232)

* High-level familiarity with electronics/schematics, and strong numerical/analytical skills

Desirable skills for an Embedded Software Engineer:

* Experience developing on Arm Cortex platforms utilising either RTOS or bare metal

* Working knowledge of embedded security

* Experience with other embedded or high-level prototyping languages such as Rust, C#, or Python

Apply now to develop the next generation of high-precision control software!

Platform Recruitment: Platform recruitment covers a wide range of IT and Engineering positions, including C++, Embedded, Electronics, Mechanical, DevOps, Cloud, Support, Project Management, Technical Sales, and more

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