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Senior Embedded Software Engineer
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer | Cambridge | Hybrid | £70-85k DOE + bonus
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.
You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, supporting projects from concept through to delivery.
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Key responsibilities:
- Contributing to projects from early customer engagement to delivered solution
- Developing on embedded Linux systems including Arm-based SoCs.
- Developing on RTOS and bare-metal embedded systems
- Supporting system bring-up, board integration, debugging, and performance optimisation.
- Working collaboratively with FPGA and electronics teams.
Requirements:
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.
- Experience with Yocto
- Broader embedded experience such as RTOS, bare-metal systems, hardware interfacing, DSP, algorithms, protocols (application layer and low level), and state machines.
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Bonus skills:
- Real-Time C/C++
- Experience with a higher-level language like C# or Python
Package
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Bonus scheme
- Well-equipped site
- Meritocratic promotion scheme
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