27 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.
Raspberry Pi Cambridge
Join a small ASIC team delivering next-generation silicon, working from RTL to GDS across timing constraints, UPF, synthesis, place & route, CTS, STA, formal verification, ECO methodology and physical verification. You will partner closely with the design team to close ambitious performance, power and area goals, and mentor colleagues while working on site in Cambridge.
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.
NXP Semiconductors Spain
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and develops software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains, collaborating with security architects, firmware and evaluation teams, and supports product certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Spain
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, plus software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Works with security architects, evaluation, OS and firmware teams on embedded C/Assembly for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V, supporting certification and security evaluations.
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.
Platform Recruitment Cambridge £75,000 – £90,000 pa
Lead a high-calibre embedded platform team, owning the software foundation for mission-critical KVM products. Split time between hands-on Embedded C development on Linux for resource-constrained hardware and complex SoCs, and setting architecture direction, coaching engineers and driving root-cause thinking for high-reliability systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Cheshire £70,000 – £85,000 pa
Lead the device-side firmware build for intelligent connected hardware used at the edge of the energy grid, owning low-level problems such as SPI bus behaviour, cross-processor timing, tight memory footprints and radio coexistence. Work across ESP32, RP2040 and STM32 class parts with FreeRTOS, embedded C/C++, MQTT with mutual TLS and Modbus, setting standards and mentoring a small, senior 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.
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Merseyside £480 – £500 pd
Owns the target architecture and design authority for an enterprise Factory Edge hosting service, defining reference architectures, reusable site patterns and guardrails across VMs, Kubernetes, MES/UNS and AI/GPU workloads. Acts as design authority across infrastructure, cloud, networking, security and OT, assessing platforms such as Azure Local, Dell NativeEdge and Nutanix.
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Merseyside £480 – £500 pd
Owns the network architecture and connectivity patterns that integrate edge computing platforms into factory IT and OT environments. Designs LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, segmentation, firewalls and resilience standards, producing reusable blueprints, HLDs and LLDs for repeatable deployment across multiple manufacturing sites.
