Step 1: Define Role Clusters & Your Keyword Map

Edge titles vary by employer. Build clusters so your searches catch synonyms & adjacent roles.

Edge Platform & Orchestration

• Titles: Edge Platform Engineer, Edge Cloud Engineer, Edge SRE, Edge Platform Architect.

• Tech: Kubernetes at edge (K3s/MicroK8s/KubeEdge/OpenYurt/Rancher/AKS Edge Essentials/EKS-Anywhere/Red Hat Device Edge), Helm/Kustomize, GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), containerd/CRI-O, Azure Arc/Anthos.

• Topics: zero-touch provisioning, OTA updates, device fleets, observability, remote logging, offline-first patterns.

Edge AI & Computer Vision

• Titles: Edge AI Engineer, Vision Engineer, Perception Engineer, Inference Engineer.

• Tech: PyTorch/TensorFlow/ONNX Runtime, NVIDIA TensorRT/Triton/DeepStream, OpenVINO, OpenCV, GStreamer, Coral TPU, Jetson Orin/Xavier, quantisation/INT8, model optimisation, RAG at the edge.

• Domains: retail analytics, robotics, manufacturing QA, autonomous systems.

5G/MEC & Telco Edge

• Titles: MEC Engineer, 5G Core/UPF Engineer, RAN/O-RAN Engineer, Network Cloud Engineer.

• Tech: 5G Core (AMF/SMF/UPF), CUPS, SR-IOV/DPDK/eBPF/XDP, CNFs/VNFs, Open RAN (CU/DU/RIC), SDN/NFV, ETSI MEC APIs, network slicing, observability at line-rate.

IoT / IIoT & Industrial Edge

• Titles: IoT Engineer, IIoT Integration Engineer, SCADA/OT Engineer, Edge Integrations.

• Tech: MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus, CoAP, Azure IoT Edge/IoT Hub, AWS IoT Core/Greengrass, GCP IoT, RTSP/RTMP, digital twins, PLCs, ROS/ROS2.

Networking, SRE & Systems

• Titles: Network/Edge SRE, Systems Engineer (Edge), Linux Engineer.

• Tech: SD-WAN/SASE, BGP/EVPN, WireGuard/IPSec, Envoy/Service Mesh, Prometheus/Grafana/OTel, remote debugging, kernel tuning, Yocto/Buildroot.

Security at the Edge

• Titles: Edge Security Engineer, IoT Security, Product Security (Edge).

• Topics: secure boot, TPM/TEE, attestation, mTLS, secret rotation, SBOM (CycloneDX), Sigstore/Cosign, supply chain, zero trust, fleet posture, CIS benchmarks.

Embedded/Firmware

• Titles: Embedded Linux Engineer, Firmware Engineer, BSP Engineer.

• Tech: C/C++, Rust, Yocto, device trees, drivers, cross-compiling, RTOS.

UK locations & modes

• London, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Reading/Thames Valley, Guildford, Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry/Warwick, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Belfast.

• Modes: On-site, Hybrid, Remote UK (varies—labs & field work often on-site).

• Modifiers: “Security clearance/SC/DV”, “Visa sponsorship”, “Graduate”, “Internship”.

Capture this keyword map—you’ll reuse it across alerts, feeds & prompts.

Step 2: Build Precise Boolean Searches (Copy & Paste)

Start broad in Google, then refine with site: filters for high-signal employer & ATS domains.

General UK Edge Search

("Edge Engineer" OR "Edge Platform" OR "Edge AI" OR "MEC" OR "5G" OR "IoT" OR "Computer Vision")
(Kubernetes OR K3s OR MicroK8s OR "Azure IoT Edge" OR "AWS IoT Greengrass" OR "TensorRT" OR "OpenVINO" OR "O-RAN" OR "UPF")
(UK OR "United Kingdom" OR London OR Cambridge OR Bristol OR Manchester OR Oxford OR Edinburgh)
("Permanent" OR "Full-time") -site:indeed.co.uk -site:glassdoor.co.uk

Edge Platform / Kubernetes-at-Edge

("Edge Platform Engineer" OR "Edge SRE" OR "Edge Cloud Engineer")
(K3s OR MicroK8s OR KubeEdge OR OpenYurt OR "Rancher" OR "AKS Edge" OR "EKS Anywhere" OR "Red Hat Device Edge")
(GitOps OR "Argo CD" OR Flux OR Helm OR Kustomize OR "zero-touch provisioning")
(UK OR "Remote UK")

Edge AI / Vision

("Edge AI" OR "Computer Vision" OR "Inference Engineer" OR "Perception Engineer")
(TensorRT OR "ONNX Runtime" OR "OpenVINO" OR "NVIDIA Jetson" OR "DeepStream" OR "Triton Inference Server" OR OpenCV OR GStreamer)
(PyTorch OR TensorFlow) (UK OR "Remote UK")

5G / MEC / Telco Edge

("MEC Engineer" OR "5G Core" OR "UPF Engineer" OR "RAN" OR "O-RAN" OR "Network Cloud")
(UPF OR AMF OR SMF OR "network slicing" OR SR-IOV OR DPDK OR eBPF OR "CNF" OR "VNF" OR "ETSI MEC")
(UK OR London OR Reading OR "Remote UK")

IoT / IIoT

("IoT Engineer" OR "IIoT" OR "Industrial IoT" OR "Edge Integrations" OR "OT Engineer")
(MQTT OR "OPC UA" OR Modbus OR "Azure IoT Edge" OR "AWS IoT Core" OR Greengrass OR "digital twin" OR PLC OR SCADA)
(UK OR "Remote UK")

Security (Edge/IoT)

("IoT Security" OR "Edge Security" OR "Product Security")
("secure boot" OR TPM OR attestation OR SBOM OR "zero trust" OR Cosign OR "mTLS" OR "CIS benchmark")
(UK OR "Remote UK")

Embedded/Systems

("Embedded Linux" OR "Firmware Engineer" OR BSP OR Yocto OR "Device Tree")
(C OR C++ OR Rust) (Edge OR IoT) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Graduate & Early Career

("Graduate" OR "Junior" OR "Internship") (edge OR IoT OR "computer vision" OR "5G" OR "embedded") (UK OR "Remote UK")

ATS & Employer Career Sites (cuts aggregator noise)

("Edge" OR "MEC" OR "IoT" OR "Computer Vision" OR "Embedded Linux")
(site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:lever.co OR site:workable.com OR site:ashbyhq.com OR site:smartrecruiters.com OR site:icims.com OR site:successfactors.com)
(UK OR "Remote UK")

Step 3: Turn Searches Into Google Alerts & RSS

Let new roles come to you.

Setup (quick)

1. Open Google Alerts.

2. Paste one Boolean string.

3. Show options → choose At most once a day (daily is ideal) or As-it-happens if you’re sprinting.

4. Deliver to: choose RSS feed (paste into Feedly/Inoreader) or email.

5. Create separate alerts per cluster: Edge Platform, Edge AI/Vision, 5G/MEC, IoT/IIoT, Security, Embedded/Systems, Graduate.

Good alert examples (copy-paste):

("Edge Platform Engineer" OR "Edge SRE") (K3s OR MicroK8s OR KubeEdge OR "AKS Edge" OR "EKS Anywhere") (GitOps OR "Argo CD" OR Flux) (UK OR "Remote UK")

("Edge AI" OR "Computer Vision" OR "Inference Engineer") (TensorRT OR "OpenVINO" OR "ONNX Runtime" OR "NVIDIA Jetson" OR DeepStream OR Triton) (UK OR "Remote UK")

("MEC Engineer" OR "5G Core" OR "UPF Engineer" OR "O-RAN") (UPF OR DPDK OR SR-IOV OR eBPF OR "ETSI MEC") (UK OR "Remote UK")

("IoT Engineer" OR "Industrial IoT" OR "OT Engineer") (MQTT OR "OPC UA" OR PLC OR SCADA OR "Azure IoT Edge" OR Greengrass) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Pro tips

• Keep one alert per intent—it keeps the results clean.

• Use location pairs sensibly: London & “Remote UK” catch most roles; add Cambridge/Bristol for deep tech.

• Mute noisy domains with -site: to keep feeds focused.

Prefer RSS? Tag/star items & export starred roles as CSV—handy for a weekly planning pass with ChatGPT.

Step 4: Use ChatGPT as Your “Edge Job Scout”

Alerts & RSS deliver raw listings; ChatGPT converts them into a ranked shortlist with actions so you apply faster & better.

Reusable system prompt (edit to your targets):

System role: You are my Edge Job Scout for UK roles. Parse pasted job listings (title, company, location, link, snippet), remove duplicates by company+title+location, and produce a ranked shortlist that matches my criteria. Then provide tailored actions for each role.

My criteria:
• Target clusters: Edge Platform, Edge AI/Vision, 5G/MEC, IoT/IIoT, Security, Embedded/Systems.
• Must-haves by cluster:
  - Edge Platform: K3s/MicroK8s/KubeEdge, GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), Helm/Kustomize, telemetry (Prometheus/Grafana/OTel).
  - Edge AI/Vision: TensorRT/Triton/DeepStream/OpenVINO/ONNX, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Jetson/Coral, quantisation.
  - 5G/MEC: UPF/AMF/SMF, CNF/VNF, DPDK/SR-IOV/eBPF, O-RAN, ETSI MEC.
  - IoT/IIoT: MQTT/OPC UA/Modbus, AWS/Azure IoT, PLC/SCADA, digital twins.
  - Security: secure boot/TPM/attestation, SBOM, mTLS, zero trust, fleet posture.
  - Embedded/Systems: Embedded Linux, Yocto, C/C++/Rust, drivers/device tree.
• Location: Remote UK or Cambridge/Bristol/London/Oxford/Manchester hybrid.
• Exclude: pure back-office IT roles, contract <3 months, agency spam.

Output:
1) Summary: counts & duplicates removed; scoring logic in 2 lines.
2) Ranked Shortlist (max 10): Title — Company — Location — Link — Score (0–100) — 1–2 line fit rationale.
3) Per-role actions:
   - 3 tailored CV bullets (impact-led, stack & outcomes).
   - 6–10 keywords to mirror (frameworks/standards/hardware/metrics).
   - A 3-sentence message to the hiring contact referencing one concrete requirement.
4) Today plan: the order to apply with time estimates.

Daily run (paste your feed)

Here are today’s roles (Title — Company — Location — Link — Snippet):
1) ...
2) ...
Apply the Edge Job Scout system prompt.

Deep-dive on a single role (for the perfect match)

Analyse this spec for must-haves, repeated terms & implied priorities. Then:
• Write 3 CV bullets that mirror the spec (cluster-appropriate), each ending with a measurable outcome.
• Draft a 120-word cover note referencing their platform/hardware/network detail & one 30-day quick win.
• List 10 keywords/phrases to include naturally (frameworks, protocols, accelerators, metrics).
• Provide 6 likely interview questions with succinct model answers using my background.

Job spec: [paste]
My background: [4–8 bullets with stack, hardware & outcomes]

Fast CV tailoring prompts (cluster-specific)

Edge Platform / SRE

Create 5 “Recent Impact” bullets showing K3s/MicroK8s/KubeEdge rollout, GitOps, Helm/Kustomize, OTel & remote fleet ops—each with uptime/cost/latency metrics.
Spec: [paste]

Edge AI / Vision

Produce 5 bullets covering TensorRT/DeepStream/Triton/OpenVINO optimisation on Jetson/CPU, with FPS/latency/power improvements & accuracy maintained.
Spec: [paste]

5G / MEC

Write 5 bullets on UPF performance, CNF hardening (DPDK/SR-IOV/eBPF), O-RAN integration & MEC APIs—each with throughput/latency gains.
Spec: [paste]

IoT / IIoT

Draft 5 bullets on MQTT/OPC UA/Modbus integrations, PLC/SCADA links, IoT Edge deployments & digital twins—each with reliability or downtime reduction.
Spec: [paste]

Security (Edge/IoT)

Output 5 bullets on secure boot/TPM/attestation, SBOM & signed images (Cosign), zero-trust at the edge & OTA hardening—each with risk/compliance metrics.
Spec: [paste]

Embedded/Systems

Provide 5 bullets on Yocto/BSP, drivers/device tree, cross-compile pipelines & performance tuning—each with measurable improvements.
Spec: [paste]

Step 5: Optional No-Code Automation (Email, Slack, Notion)

• Email filters: Route alert emails into an “Edge-Jobs” label. Each morning, paste the best into ChatGPT & run your Job Scout prompt.

• RSS rules: Tag feeds by cluster (Platform, AI/Vision, 5G/MEC, IoT, Security, Embedded). Star the best & export weekly as CSV for a planning pass.

• Notion/Sheets: Keep one tracker; paste it into ChatGPT for daily prioritisation & follow-ups.

• Slack/Discord: Pipe starred roles via webhook to a private channel for quick team triage.

Step 6: A Simple Pipeline Tracker That Wins Interviews

Suggested columns

• Date found

• Role

• Company

• Location

• Link

• Cluster (Platform/AI-Vision/5G-MEC/IoT/Security/Embedded)

• Match score (0–100)

• Status (To apply / Applied / Interview / Offer / On hold / Rejected)

• Deadline / due date

• Contact (name, LinkedIn/email)

• Notes (stack, hardware, metrics)

• Next action (what & when)

Follow-up rhythm

• T+3 days: polite nudge if no acknowledgement.

• T+10 days: request an update; add a small proof point (e.g., a redacted perf chart—no confidential data).

• Post-interview: thank-you within 24 hours referencing one spec requirement & a 30-day quick win.

Shareable Prompt Library (Edge-Specific)

1) Role Decoder

Explain this edge role in plain English: first 90-day deliverables, 3 hardest problems & the exact skills they truly need (frameworks, protocols, accelerators, metrics). Then list the top 12 CV keywords they’ll search for. [paste spec]

2) Company Fit Snapshot

From the spec & site notes, infer domain (telco 5G/MEC, industrial, robotics, retail), platform (K3s/MicroK8s/KubeEdge), AI stack (TensorRT/DeepStream/OpenVINO), connectivity (MQTT/OPC UA), & security posture. Output a 6-bullet “Why me, why now” pitch.
[spec + brief company notes]

3) CV Bullet Rewriter (Impact-led)

Rewrite these bullets with action+tool/hardware+metric, mirroring the spec vocabulary (e.g., UPF throughput, FPS/latency, OTA resilience, GitOps drift). One line each, UK spelling.
[bullets + spec]

4) Outreach Message (120 words)

Draft a concise message for the hiring contact that references one platform/hardware/network detail from the spec (e.g., K3s on Jetson + Triton) & proposes a 30-day quick win. Mirror 3 keywords. Confident tone, no fluff.
[spec + company notes]

5) Interview Pack Generator

Produce 8 technical questions + short model answers tailored to this spec (Platform/AI-Vision/5G-MEC/IoT/Security/Embedded), plus 5 behavioural questions with STAR hints using my background.
[spec + background]

6) Offer & Salary Prep (UK)

Given the role, years of experience & sector (telco/industrial/retail/robotics), suggest a negotiation range in GBP, non-salary levers (hardware budget, training, conferences, home lab kit), & 3 crisp value statements I can use.
[spec + experience]

Keyword & Query Bank (Use Across Alerts, Feeds & Boards)

Titles
Edge Platform Engineer, Edge SRE, Edge Cloud Engineer, Edge AI Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer, Perception Engineer, MEC Engineer, 5G Core/UPF Engineer, RAN/O-RAN Engineer, IoT/IIoT Engineer, OT/SCADA Engineer, Edge Security Engineer, Embedded Linux Engineer, Firmware Engineer.

Platforms & Orchestration
K3s, MicroK8s, KubeEdge, OpenYurt, Rancher, AKS Edge, EKS-Anywhere, Red Hat Device Edge, Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, Flux, Azure Arc, Anthos.

AI/Inference
TensorRT, Triton Inference Server, DeepStream, ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV, GStreamer, quantisation/INT8, pruning.

Hardware
NVIDIA Jetson Orin/Xavier/Nano, Intel NUC/Arc/iGPU, Coral TPU, ARM/x86, CSI/MIPI cameras, GPUs/NPUs/VPUs.

5G/MEC & Networking
UPF/AMF/SMF, CNF/VNF, DPDK, SR-IOV, eBPF/XDP, O-RAN (CU/DU/RIC), SD-WAN/SASE, BGP/EVPN, Envoy, service mesh.

IoT/IIoT
MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus, CoAP, Azure IoT Edge/Hub, AWS IoT Core/Greengrass, GCP IoT, PLC/SCADA, digital twins, ROS/ROS2.

Security
Secure boot, TPM/TEE, attestation, mTLS, SBOM (CycloneDX), Sigstore/Cosign, image signing, zero trust, device identity, secrets rotation.

Systems/Embedded
Yocto, Buildroot, device tree, drivers, cross-compilation, C/C++/Rust, RTOS.

Modifiers
Remote UK, Hybrid, On-site, Permanent, Contract, Graduate, Internship, Visa sponsorship, Security clearance (SC/DV).

Sample Daily Workflow (7–12 Minutes)

1. Open your alert folder/RSS. Skim titles; bin obvious mismatches.

2. Paste 10–30 items into ChatGPT with your Edge Job Scout prompt.

3. Review the shortlist. Open the top 3–5 high-score roles.

4. Run the deep-dive prompt on your favourite; generate tailored CV bullets & a 120-word cover note.

5. Update your tracker & set deadlines.

6. Apply in one sitting—mirror 6–10 keywords naturally (frameworks, protocols, hardware, metrics).

7. Schedule follow-ups right away.

Consistency beats weekend blitzes.

Troubleshooting & Tuning

“Still getting noise.”
Anchor searches to platform tokens (K3s, MicroK8s, KubeEdge), inference stacks (TensorRT, OpenVINO), or telco acronyms (UPF, DPDK, O-RAN). Exclude agency spam with -site: or -"recruitment agency".

“All senior roles.”
Include (Junior OR Associate OR "1–3 years") & exclude (Senior OR Principal OR Lead).

“Remote actually means global.”
Use ("Remote UK" OR "UK-based remote" OR "right to work in the UK") & exclude "anywhere" if needed.

“I want regulated/secure environments.”
Add security clearance, SC/DV, CIS, NCSC, SBOM, image signing, sector tags (Defence, Public Sector, Healthcare, Rail).

“I’m hardware-oriented, not telco.”
Bias to Jetson, DeepStream, OpenVINO, GStreamer, OpenCV, & exclude 5G/UPF if it clutters results.

Lightweight Tracker Template (Copy Text)

Date Found | Role | Company | Location | Link | Cluster | Match (0–100) | Status | Deadline | Contact | Notes (stack/hardware/metrics) | Next Action

Status: To apply / Applied / Interview / Offer / On hold / Rejected

Daily command for ChatGPT:
“From my tracker (below), propose today’s top 5 applications, fill missing ‘Next Action’, & draft follow-ups where Status=Applied & T+3 days.”

Copy-Paste Pack (Everything In One Place)

1) Google Alerts seeds

("Edge Platform Engineer" OR "Edge SRE") (K3s OR MicroK8s OR KubeEdge OR "AKS Edge" OR "EKS Anywhere") (GitOps OR "Argo CD" OR Flux) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Edge AI" OR "Computer Vision" OR "Inference Engineer") (TensorRT OR "OpenVINO" OR "ONNX Runtime" OR "NVIDIA Jetson" OR DeepStream OR Triton) (PyTorch OR TensorFlow) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("MEC Engineer" OR "5G Core" OR "UPF Engineer" OR "O-RAN") (UPF OR DPDK OR SR-IOV OR eBPF OR "ETSI MEC") (UK OR "Remote UK")
("IoT Engineer" OR "Industrial IoT" OR "OT Engineer") (MQTT OR "OPC UA" OR Modbus OR PLC OR SCADA OR "Azure IoT Edge" OR Greengrass) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Edge Security" OR "IoT Security" OR "Product Security") ("secure boot" OR TPM OR attestation OR SBOM OR Cosign OR "mTLS" OR "zero trust") (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Embedded Linux" OR BSP OR Yocto OR "Device Tree") (C OR C++ OR Rust) (Edge OR IoT) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Graduate" OR "Junior" OR "Internship") (edge OR IoT OR "computer vision" OR "5G" OR embedded) (UK OR "Remote UK")

2) ATS-focused Google search

("Edge" OR "MEC" OR "IoT" OR "Computer Vision" OR "Embedded Linux")
(site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:lever.co OR site:workable.com OR site:ashbyhq.com OR site:smartrecruiters.com OR site:icims.com OR site:successfactors.com)
(UK OR "Remote UK")

3) Edge Job Scout (short version)

You are my UK Edge Job Scout. From pasted listings, remove duplicates, rank by fit to my criteria, and output:
• Summary (counts + scoring)
• Top 10 roles (Title — Company — Location — Link — Score — 1-line why)
• Per-role actions (3 CV bullets, 6–10 keywords, 3-sentence outreach)
Criteria: [paste your clusters & must-haves]

4) Deep-dive tailoring

Analyse this spec. Return: 3 tailored CV bullets (action+tool/hardware+impact), 10 keywords, a 120-word cover note referencing their platform/hardware/network detail & a 30-day quick win, & 6 interview Qs with model answers.
Spec: [paste]  |  Background: [paste]

5) Follow-up message

Please draft a concise follow-up for my application submitted on [date], referencing [one platform/protocol/hardware metric] from the spec & reaffirming my fit in 2 sentences.

Final Thoughts

Edge computing is where cloud meets the real world: low-latency inference, messy networks, constrained hardware, & fleets you can’t physically touch. Your advantage isn’t endless scrolling—it’s repeatable, high-quality execution. Put discovery on autopilot with alerts & RSS, let ChatGPT act as your Edge Job Scout, & ship one excellent application per day. Mirror the frameworks, protocols, hardware & metrics the spec cares about. Quantify improvements in FPS, latency, throughput, uptime & cost. Keep tight feedback loops—& you’ll move from scanning feeds to booking interviews fast.

If you want a quick win, start with this alert:

("Edge Platform Engineer" OR "Edge SRE") (K3s OR MicroK8s OR KubeEdge) (GitOps OR "Argo CD" OR Flux) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Paste the first batch into ChatGPT with your Job Scout prompt—& enjoy your first hour back this week.