Plextek
Embedded Linux Developer
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COMPANY VISION
Plextek is a leading choice for employees and customers for exceptional engineering and strategic innovation to create better, safer, and more sustainable technologies and products.
OUR VALUES AND BELIEFS
Being a responsible business, we work with integrity and honesty. We share success with our people and our communities. We embrace diversity in outlook and work as a team with colleagues, customers, and suppliers to provide the best technical solution and professional service experience. We empower each other, we’re adaptable, show initiative, and deliver on our commitments together.
THE ROLE
We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with a strong grounding in embedded MCU and embedded Linux development. You will contribute to the design, build, and test of embedded systems across a wide range of applications including sensing, robotics, communications, and IoT devices. This role provides the opportunity to work on Linux-based systems as well as bare-metal, RTOS, device drivers, algorithms, and communications protocols. This variety is a core part of our consultancy environment.
You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, supporting projects from concept through to delivery. You will help diagnose system-level issues, integrate software with hardware platforms, and contribute to robust, maintainable engineering solutions. According to seniority, you should be comfortable explaining technical matters to colleagues and customers.
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Key responsibilities include:
- Contributing to projects from early customer engagement to delivered solution across multiple market sectors including industrial, defence, and medical.
- Developing on embedded Linux systems including Arm-based SoCs.
- Developing on a wide range of RTOS and bare metal embedded systems across the variety of silicon vendors (STMicroelectronics, Microchip etc.).
- Supporting system bring-up, board integration, debugging, and performance optimisation.
- Working collaboratively with FPGA and electronics teams.
- Participating in project planning, documentation, good software engineering practice, team culture, and team software process.
THE PERSON
We are looking for a well-rounded embedded engineer across both embedded Linux and broader embedded work.
You must have:
- Embedded Linux development, including knowledge of device trees, user-space and kernel-space, and SoC platforms.
- Willingness to learn to use Yocto to build and maintain custom Linux images.
- Ability to adapt to different technologies, and an ambition for learning.
- Motivation to work in a consultancy environment, enjoying variety and new challenges.
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The ideal candidate will additionally have experience of a good subset of the following:
- Existing experience with Yocto.
- Real-Time C/C++.
- Experience of at least one higher level language for tooling or test automation (for example Python or C# &.NET).
- Experience of relevant open architecture standards such as OpenCPI, STICS or SOSA.
- Broader embedded experience such as RTOS, bare-metal systems, hardware interfacing, DSP, algorithms, protocols (application layer and low level), and state machines.
- Experience of working at the boundary between electronics and software, and able to read an electronics schematic when designing and developing embedded firmware solutions.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex system wide software and system-level issues.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to write technical documentation for internal and client circulation.
THE REWARDS
We offer an excellent package, a stimulating environment, and a real interest in your development to encourage you to achieve your full potential. We are a versatile business, able to support career progression as appropriate.
We are based just south of Cambridge with easy road and rail routes to the vibrant city centre. We provide a friendly and supportive working environment, including regular on-site and off-site social events.
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