Edge Computing Jobs

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Builds and maintains Yocto-based Linux distributions and writes firmware for microcontrollers, working across the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real-time firmware. The role sits within a technical consultancy serving medical, smart home, energy, defence and communications clients, with close customer collaboration and field product support.

Embedded Linux · Yocto · FreeRTOS +2

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• 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 serving medical, IoT, energy, defence and communications clients, with hybrid working and direct customer contact.

Yocto · BitBake · FreeRTOS +1

• London
• £35,000 – £80,000 pa

Develops software for complex embedded systems, spanning low-level code, embedded Linux and real-time systems, plus hardware bring-up, integration and performance debugging. Works closely with hardware, systems and software engineers in a multidisciplinary team, contributing to architecture and technical decisions. Open to junior and mid-level engineers, with focus shaped by experience and interests.

Linux · RTOS

• Wiltshire
• On-site
• £50,000 – £65,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Hands-on technical lead role owning embedded firmware architecture, development, integration and testing for a range of electronic products. Day to day involves C/C++ development on ARM-based STM32 microcontrollers, embedded GUI and touchscreen work, plus mentoring engineers within a multidisciplinary product development team.

STM32 · STM32Cube · I2C +2

• Gratkorn, Austria
• Hybrid
• Senior

Designs and implements secure cryptographic libraries resistant to physical and logical attacks, including post-quantum algorithms, on ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V platforms. Develops software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault injection, collaborating with security architects, firmware teams and evaluation groups, and supporting certification activities.

ARM Cortex-M · RISC-V · Rust +2

• Spain
• Remote
• Lead

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.

ARM Cortex-M · RISC-V · Rust

• Hereford
• £120,000 – £200,000 pa
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a Defence-Tech software organisation building unmanned aircraft, edge video and mission systems, remaining hands-on across architecture, code reviews and hardware-in-the-loop testing. Establish a code-to-flight process with automated testing, simulation and signed releases, while recruiting and shaping an initial team of around five or six engineers.

MAVLink · ArduPilot · PX4 +1

• Gloucester
• Hybrid
• £50,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Re-architect a long-established embedded software platform and transition next-generation products to embedded Linux. Day to day you'll develop in C/C++, build middleware and application-level software on ARM platforms, and ensure compatibility with existing customer applications. You'll shape architecture alongside a senior technical lead in a small team and mentor junior engineers.

Linux · ARM

• Cramlington
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £70,000 – £80,000 pa
• Lead

Top technical individual contributor role in an engineering team building advanced robotics, automation and electro-mechanical machines. You stay hands-on with C/C++ firmware, RTOS and microcontrollers, set technical direction, support bids and concept work, and mentor engineers, technicians and apprentices without line management duties.

• Sompting
• £60,000 – £75,000 pa
• Senior

Design and develop embedded firmware in C/C++ for microcontrollers, SoCs and FPGA-based systems, covering real-time software from implementation through testing and maintenance. Work closely with hardware engineers on integration, run code reviews and support validation and project delivery for precision power conversion products.

FPGA · DSP · Python +1

• 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

• Whiteley
• Senior

Develops embedded software in C and C++ for wireless communication products, working with SoC platforms, hardware/software integration, debugging and lab test equipment alongside RF and electronics engineers. Spans the full development lifecycle on physical defence and communications systems, with exposure to embedded Linux, SDR and advanced wireless tech.

Embedded Linux · System-on-Chip · FPGA +3

• Peterborough
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Design, develop and maintain embedded software for complex electronic and communications systems, working across the full product lifecycle from architecture and detailed design through implementation, integration and testing. The role spans embedded Linux and RTOS environments, low-level hardware integration, device drivers and networking, with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Yocto · Zephyr · SIP +7

• London
• £60,000 – £68,000 pa
• Senior

Develops real-time, safety-critical embedded software in modern C++, owning the full lifecycle from requirements through verification and validation. Works with systems, hardware and test engineers on architecture and design reviews, and mentors junior engineers. GUI/UX or HCI experience and scripting skills are used alongside CI/CD and testing frameworks.

C++ · Python · PowerShell

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £50,000 – £70,000 pa

Hands-on embedded role working close to hardware on real products, from code through to on-site manufacturing. The team is consolidating codebases and moving to new hardware while adding cybersecurity and multimedia features, with work spanning embedded C, Linux kernel and drivers, TCP/IP networking, video codecs and rendering.

Linux · USB · HDMI +2