Edge Computing Jobs

NXP Semiconductors · Bucharest, Romania

Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and secure software for embedded systems. Develops software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault injection, working with security architects and evaluation teams. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains and supports product certification and security evaluations.

NXP Semiconductors · Glasgow

Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic libraries, including post-quantum algorithms, hardened against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across crypto domains, collaborating with security architects, firmware and evaluation teams, and driving certification activities. Work spans ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V platforms across automotive, payment, IoT and identification markets.

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.

Platform Recruitment · Cambridge · £70,000 – £80,000 pa

Take technical ownership of low-level embedded software and device driver development across a complex multi-processor real-time platform for secure wireless communication products. Lead platform software activities including design, task planning, integration testing and technical reviews, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with hardware teams during board bring-up. Work spans Embedded Linux, RTOS and bare-metal, with a focus on ARM-based BSPs and real-time debugging.

Platform Recruitment · Cambridge · £80,000 – £85,000 pa

Lead the software design and development of embedded and connected systems, taking a system-wide view that balances firmware, hardware, connectivity and cloud considerations. Working directly with clients to define products from idea through to production, and leading a team of multidisciplinary engineers without line management duties. Projects are varied and largely outside heavy industry regulation, giving freedom to be creative.

Unipart · Nuneaton · £58,000 pa

Develops and tests onboard software for autonomous mobile robots and the fleet management system, including vision processing, localisation and multi-robot path planning. Splits time between the Cambridge base and on-site support at Nuneaton to keep live operations within customer SLAs, working with ROS 2, modern C++ and Python.

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.

Zenovo · Cambridge · £55,000 – £65,000 pa

Develops C++ and Python software for sensor-based medical electronics, focusing on machine control, instrumentation and hardware integration. Interfaces with microcontrollers, sensors and actuators, supports rapid prototyping and works closely with scientists and electronics engineers on multidisciplinary products.

Recruit Mint · Eye · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Design, develop and test embedded C firmware for high-volume smart metering products, working with Microchip tools and emulation environments. The role covers new product development, redesigns and modular improvements, plus metering specifications, device language standards and embedded cyber security. It offers a succession path towards leading the firmware function.

Redline Group · Fareham · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Develops low-level embedded C for microcontrollers and RISC-V platforms, building and maintaining FreeRTOS-based real-time software. Involves debugging hardware/software interactions with JTAG and oscilloscopes, unit and integration testing, and adding new features for bespoke silicon devices used in automotive and industrial sectors.

Bolt · Cheltenham · £60,000 pa

Develops embedded firmware in C for next-generation traffic signal systems, including a new product platform. Works with microcontrollers, RTOS and bare-metal systems, translating requirements into practical software and producing test plans and documentation. Collaborates closely with hardware and software engineers, with scope to influence technical decisions and architecture.

Reperio Human Capital · Shannon, Ireland · £51,794 – £60,426 pa

Develops embedded C/C++ software for microcontroller-based life-safety and connected-home products, including drivers, communication protocols and system features. Involves wireless integration (BLE, Matter, Thread, Wi-Fi), hardware bring-up and hardware/software integration, plus unit, integration and system-level testing. Works with design and code reviews and CI/CD practices.

SoCode · Cambridge · £70,000 pa

Develops software for embedded Linux systems on Arm-based SoCs, building and maintaining custom Linux images with Yocto and resolving complex system-level issues. Works within an engineering consultancy on varied projects spanning defence, medical, industrial and communications, contributing from concept through to delivery. Desirable skills include real-time C/C++, RTOS, bare-metal and hardware interfacing.

Reperio Human Capital · Dublin, Ireland · £51,794 – £77,691 pa

Develops embedded C firmware for a next-generation low-power wireless medical device, working on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers with RTOS or bare-metal. Involves low-level driver development, board bring-up, hardware/software integration, debugging with JTAG and logic analysers, and documentation in a regulated environment within a small, highly skilled team.

Jonathan Lee Recruitment · Newport · £70,000 – £90,000 pa

Lead the autonomy system architecture and technical roadmap for an R&D business developing technology for agricultural vehicles. Line manage 4-6 engineers, coordinate 3-4 subsystem suppliers, and lead C++ and ROS2 delivery across perception, localisation, planning and motion control, with hands-on technical support and verification and validation planning.