Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Platform Recruitment
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Last week
£70,000 – £80,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 – £80,000 pa

Seniority
Lead
Posted
19 Oct 2026 (Last week)

Principal Embedded Software Engineer | £70-80k + Bonus | Cambridge

This is an opportunity to join a world-leading wireless communications company developing mission-critical communication systems.

You will take technical ownership of low-level embedded software and device driver development across a complex multi-processor real-time platform, helping shape the next generation of secure communication products.

Responsibilities:

* Architecting, developing and debugging low-level embedded software and device drivers across Embedded Linux, RTOS and bare-metal platforms.

* Leading platform software activities, including software design, task planning, integration testing and technical reviews.

* Investigating and resolving complex real-time system issues across multi-threaded, event-driven embedded systems.

* Collaborating closely with hardware teams during board bring-up, system integration and product development.

* Driving technical standards and mentoring engineers across the embedded software team.

Requirements:

* 8+ years’ embedded C development experience delivering commercially released real-time embedded products.

* Strong expertise in low-level device drivers, Embedded Linux driver architecture and ARM-based platforms/BSPs.

* Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills within multi-processor, multi-threaded embedded systems.

* Experience working across the full software development lifecycle including design, testing and integration.

Bonus Skills:

* Experience within telecommunications, wireless communications or mobile embedded products.

* Familiarity with hardware debugging tools including oscilloscopes and logic analysers.

* Experience with automated testing, profiling, code coverage and memory analysis tools.

* Knowledge of Agile / Scrum development environments and modern software quality processes.

Apply now to join a highly respected engineering team developing critical communication technology deployed worldwide.

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

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