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Senior Embedded Software Engineer
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Brand new opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Embedded Software Engineer in Cardiff to join a start-up semiconductor and systems design company.
The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will help develop the firmware and software foundations for my client’s FPGA-enabled, AI-enabled and smart electronic systems. You will contribute to embedded firmware, hardware abstraction layers, drivers, board support code, real-time control interfaces, diagnostics, integration software and customer-ready demonstrators. The role combines hands-on embedded C/C++ development, hardware/software integration, firmware architecture, test tooling, technical documentation and close collaboration with FPGA, AI, analogue and system teams. It will also involve mentoring /team leading junior team members.
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Suitable Applicants Must Have
- Strong Embedded C/C++ programming skills
- Experience developing drivers, HALs, board support code or hardware-facing software
- Experience with hardware interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, GPIO, ADC, DAC etc
- Experience bringing up new boards or debugging hardware/software interfaces
- Good understanding of memory maps, registers, interrupts, timing and embedded system behaviour
Any Knowledge Of The Following Would Be Useful
- Embedded Linux or RTOS experience, such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr
- SoC FPGA platforms such as Zynq, MPSoC, ARM, RISC-V or MicroBlaze
- FPGA/software interface development
- Python scripting
- Secure boot, signed firmware updates, cryptography or trusted firmware
- Motor control, industrial control, sensors or edge AI systems
- ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, Vitis AI or edge AI runtime awareness
- CI, automated tests, static analysis or structured software release practices
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The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator with the ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering domains. You should have the ability to mentor junior engineers and take ownership of technical delivery. Any experience in start-up, R&D or product development environments would be useful.
This is a hybrid role based in Cardiff which offers great flexibility for the right person.
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