Edge Computing Jobs

NXP Semiconductors · Gratkorn, Austria

Technical member of NXP's Product Security Incident Response Team, triaging reported vulnerabilities across hardware, firmware, software and embedded platforms. Reproduces issues with product experts, assesses exploitability and severity, and authors CVE records, advisories and researcher communications. Distinct for its deep semiconductor and low-level focus, spanning secure boot, debug interfaces and side-channel analysis.

NXP Semiconductors · Gratkorn, Austria

Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, for embedded ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V platforms. Develops software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault injection attacks, collaborating with security architects, firmware teams and evaluation teams to meet certification requirements up to Common Criteria EAL 6+.

Platform Recruitment · London · £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Builds embedded and host software for high-speed networking hardware in high-performance computing environments, spanning architecture definition, Linux PCIe driver development, and network control and monitoring tools. Works closely with hardware teams from early prototypes to production, and contributes to DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Requires strong C, C++ and Python skills with ARM and soft-processor experience.

Empresaria Group plc · Bristol · £50,000 – £80,000 pa

Develops onboard software for uncrewed aerial systems, spanning autopilots, autonomy, payloads and mission-critical subsystems. Works on existing aircraft and clean-sheet designs, taking code from concept and SIL/HIL simulation through to real-world flight testing. Involves C++ and/or Rust in embedded and real-time environments, with influence over software architecture.

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions · Normanton · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Design, develop and maintain embedded software for ARM-based connected products, working close to hardware with real-time operating systems such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS. You will implement wireless protocols including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Zigbee, write maintainable C code with MISRA in mind, and build Linux test simulations, collaborating with hardware engineers and solution consultants on requirements and system architecture.

Hexwired Recruitment Limited · Sutton · £65,000 – £80,000 pa

You will write Embedded C for a range of processors, focusing primarily on real-time systems within a dedicated team on a pioneering R&D project for a new product range. The role offers strong scope for career progression, and experience or interest in moving into a leadership position is highly desirable.

Technical Futures Ltd · Birmingham · £45,000 – £60,000 pa

Hands-on embedded role building and maintaining Yocto-based Linux distributions and writing firmware for microcontrollers, bare metal or FreeRTOS. Work spans the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real-time firmware, plus supporting products in the field. Projects cover medical, smart home, energy, defence, communications and scientific sectors, with close client contact.

Cloudflare · London · £185,000 – £254,000 pa

Designs and builds core infrastructure for a serverless AI inference platform running across a global network of GPUs and accelerators, covering model scheduling, request routing, KV cache management and sub-second cold starts. Works with AI/ML engineers and hardware partners on distributed systems and HPC problems, with a strong Rust and networking focus.

Spectrum IT Recruitment · Bampton · £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for next-generation autonomous systems, working within a specialist team and contributing to software architecture. The role sits in an evolving robotics and autonomous space, requiring strong C/C++ embedded skills and familiarity with real-time systems and regulated environments.

Redline Group · Pontefract · £50 – £60 ph

Contract role modifying an existing embedded platform for a time-critical customer programme, while supporting ongoing product development. You'll work in a small collaborative team using Embedded C, RTOS (Zephyr or FreeRTOS) and STM32 microcontrollers, with train operating systems/TDRP experience desirable. Initial 2-month contract with hybrid working and potential extension.

Zenovo · Bristol · £60,000 – £70,000 pa

Designs and develops bare-metal embedded firmware in C across the full product lifecycle, working on a next-generation product from an early stage. Involves communication protocols such as SPI, RS485 and CAN, ARM Cortex-M/A architectures, plus testing, debugging and integration. Also contributes to code reviews, architecture decisions and mentoring within a collaborative engineering team.

Platform Recruitment · Cambridge · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Design, develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++ for STM32 microcontrollers running bare-metal and RTOS environments, and help shape the software architecture of new advanced sensing systems. You will debug complex system-level issues within an Agile, engineering-led team working on radar technology for UAVs, with access to the company's own drone fleet for testing.

Audio Visual Recruitment Ltd · Slough · £60,000 – £85,000 pa

Take technical ownership of a video systems platform, leading embedded software architecture, platform selection and prototyping through to production. Day to day you write low-level C/C++ for video processing, hardware control and networking, integrating codecs, vendor SDKs and drivers, and debugging I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and Ethernet interfaces. You work closely with hardware engineers and external specialists, defining FPGA requirements and building automated tests, reproducible builds and firmware update processes.

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions · Cambridge · £75,000 – £85,000 pa

Architect and develop production firmware on Zephyr RTOS, with bare-metal work alongside, bringing up prototype boards from first power using debuggers, scopes and logic analysers. You'll build board-to-board and digital interfaces (CAN, SPI, I²C, UART, RS422), networked services such as REST APIs and SNMP agents, TCP/UDP layers, secure comms and firmware updates, plus Yocto-based embedded Linux work. The role sits in a Cambridge software team working closely with hardware and systems engineers.

Peregrine · Bournemouth

Join a forward-thinking R&D team building intelligent transport and infrastructure solutions, owning the full firmware lifecycle from requirements capture through development, hardware integration, validation, regression testing and release. You'll work with C/C++ on STM32 or similar microcontrollers and RTOS environments, supporting bootloaders, firmware updates and board-level debugging.