40 jobs
ECM Selection Cambridge £70,000 – £85,000 pa
Work within a small firmware team on multithreaded applied electronics for precision scientific instrumentation and robotic systems. You'll develop C/C++ firmware on ARM Cortex-M driving motors, real-time sensors and automated systems, integrating third-party modules and interfacing with C#.NET PC-side code. The role is based onsite with some flexibility around core hours.
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 Glasgow
An AI-native intern joins the Glasgow team to prepare, optimise and deploy ML models onto S32N automotive MPUs, prototyping edge-AI use-cases and turning them into demos. The role involves writing modern code with AI coding assistants and automation, working with Python, git and optionally C/C++, alongside experienced engineers on real automotive silicon.
Raspberry Pi Cambridge
Join a small ASIC team owning the full silicon flow from specification through design, verification and implementation, including ATE test and qualification. You will take ownership of front-end tasks, integrate and configure IP, support FPGA platforms for software development and verification, and work closely with the software team on next-generation products.
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.
KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Elsecar £60,000 – £70,000 pa
Senior role in a small R&D team at an IoT product design house, working mostly on the embedded Linux side writing application and middleware code in modern C++. You'll refactor a mature, memory-constrained codebase into clean object-oriented C++ using UML-led design, covering the full lifecycle from requirements to integration and validation. The team is adopting TDD, automated testing and CI/CD, and you'll mentor engineers as the team grows.
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.
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 St Ives £60,000 – £70,000 pa
Develops and optimises firmware and software for bare-metal processors and embedded Linux/RTOS platforms, with heavy use of high-performance C/C++. Also leads a cross-functional team of hardware and software engineers through the full development life cycle, defining requirements and driving next-generation control software concepts.
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.
BramahHR Ltd Birmingham £70,000 – £90,000 pa
Hands-on role owning embedded software and firmware for high-power EV charging infrastructure, from requirements and architecture through integration, validation and in-service support. Work spans low-level microcontroller firmware and higher-level supervisory applications, with roughly 60% new development, 30% integration and testing, and 10% support. Involves modern C++, RTOS/bare-metal, CAN, Modbus, MQTT and secure OTA updates, plus technical leadership through reviews and mentoring.
Verso Recruitment Rochester £70,000 pa
Develops and maintains embedded firmware primarily in C, working with ARM and STM32 microcontrollers, low-level drivers, interrupt handling, bare-metal and RTOS environments. Implements and troubleshoots SPI, I²C and UART protocols, performs firmware debugging, hardware/software integration and unit and integration testing, with embedded Linux where applicable. Works within a multidisciplinary engineering team on electronic products across the full development lifecycle.
WR HVAC London £60,000 – £70,000 pa
Hands-on role combining embedded firmware development in C/C++ and Python with custom PCB design, from schematics and layout to prototyping and debugging. You'll build real-time control systems for thermoelectric modules, fans and sensors, using UART, SPI, I2C and Modbus, and take solid-state heat pump products from prototype to production alongside mechanical and thermal engineers.
Zenovo London £65,000 – £85,000 pa
Develops embedded C/C++ firmware for connected sensor products across bare-metal and RTOS environments such as Zephyr, spanning prototyping, board bring-up, validation and productionisation. Debugs complex issues across firmware, electronics, Bluetooth, sensors and power systems, and builds production test fixtures, calibration and diagnostic tools. Works with manufacturing partners and cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers and improving engineering standards.
Redline Group Luton £50,000 – £70,000 pa
Design and develop application software and embedded firmware in C and C++ for future products, while supporting and enhancing an existing product portfolio. Day-to-day work includes FreeRTOS-based real-time firmware, direct hardware and sensor interfacing, microcontroller peripherals, and system integration, debugging and testing alongside cross-functional engineering teams. Products are safety-critical and life-saving, with flexible/hybrid working from Rochester, Kent.
