Edge Computing Jobs

• London

Builds and operates services that let customers configure and safely deploy traffic routing rules across Cloudflare's global edge network. Works at the intersection of application deployment and infrastructure operations, designing distributed configuration systems with progressive rollout, versioning and observability, and driving consensus across cross-functional teams.

Cloudflare · Rust · Go +1

• London
• Senior

Join the Workers Runtime team to build and improve the runtime that executes customer code at the edge, focusing on performance, reliability, and scale. You'll expand JavaScript and WebAssembly support, own production code, and debug issues in a large-scale distributed system within a fast-paced, iterative incubation team.

V8 · SpiderMonkey · JavaScriptCore +3

• Whiteley
• £50,000 – £150,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Lead an established embedded software team, balancing people development, technical oversight and delivery across multiple wireless projects. You'll improve the software development lifecycle, contribute to code and design reviews, shape the technology roadmap and explore AI tooling, with limited hands-on coding.

Embedded Linux · FPGA · VHDL +5

• Cambridge
• £58,000 pa
• Permanent

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 ROS 2 development in C++ and Python and on-site support of live operations at Nuneaton, working with CANopen, MQTT and WebSocket integrations.

ROS · ROS 2 · SocketCAN +7

• Bristol
• £50,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops embedded software for microcontrollers and SoC devices, configures software-defined radio systems and applies DSP techniques across advanced R&D programmes in RF and communications. Works in C, C++, Python and embedded Linux, building prototypes and pre-production systems, producing design documentation and supporting technical trials with direct customer contact.

Microcontrollers · System-on-Chip · Software Defined Radio +3

• Witney
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £45,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems, building runtime assurance and fail-safe architectures using SPARK Ada and high-integrity processes. Work within a specialised team on DAL-A/DAL-B certifiable software for aerospace and land autonomy, spanning verification, validation and certification activities.

C · C++ · Ada +7

• Bristol
• £70,000 – £90,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develop, integrate and debug embedded software for UAV platforms, including autopilots, autonomy systems and payloads, using C++ and/or Rust on Linux. The role spans software architecture, automated testing and verification, and support for system integration and flight trials, working with international multidisciplinary teams on autonomous aircraft.

Claude

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £40,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for next-generation autonomous systems, working within a specialist team and contributing to software architecture. Requires a strong embedded background in C or C++ and experience with real-time systems, ideally in regulated aerospace, defence or automotive environments.

• York
• On-site
• £50,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Owns the software side of new measurement devices across the full design lifecycle, from concept to finished product. Writes efficient Embedded C in bare-metal environments on ARM, NXP and Atmel microprocessors, implementing RS232 and RS485 protocols. Joins a newly formed R&D team in York, shaping tools, processes and technology choices alongside hardware engineers.

ARM · NXP · Atmel +6

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Builds and maintains Yocto-based Linux distributions, writes and debugs firmware for microcontrollers (bare metal or FreeRTOS), and works across the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real-time firmware. Joins multi-disciplinary teams in a small technical consultancy, supporting products in the field across medical, IoT, energy, defence and communications projects while working closely with clients.

Yocto · BitBake · FreeRTOS +1

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £40,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, build and debug embedded software and firmware for aquaculture monitoring and control systems, including sensor integration, water quality and biomass devices in demanding marine environments. Work across the full lifecycle with hardware engineers, data scientists and aquaculture specialists, using Python and/or C/C++ on microcontrollers, RTOS and protocols like MQTT, LoRaWAN and I2C. Reports to the Head of Software, with 2-3 days a week onsite.

ARM Cortex-M · ESP32 · NVIDIA Jetson +7

• Northampton
• On-site
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Design, develop and maintain software across embedded, backend, cloud and web technologies, including Linux-based edge computing systems and integration with cameras and sensors. Take ownership of technical projects from concept to deployment, contributing to architecture and engineering best practices within a small, highly capable team building vision-based systems.

Linux · LLMs

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £50,000 – £80,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

PX4 · ArduPilot · MAVLink +6

• Bournemouth
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

STM32 · TI · Keil +5

• Portsmouth
• £60 ph
• Contract

Prototype innovative wireless solutions within a small Advanced Developments Group, developing embedded software and firmware in C/C++ on real-time Linux platforms. Work spans bare-metal and embedded Linux, device drivers, Buildroot/Yocto builds and offline deployment, with digital signal processing and software defined radio knowledge required.

Linux · Buildroot · Yocto +3