Edge Computing Jobs

• Bristol
• £55,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops custom embedded Linux images with Yocto, writing BitBake recipes, layers and BSPs alongside C/C++ software for ARM and SoC platforms. Involves Linux kernel, bootloader and device-driver integration, hardware bring-up and debugging, plus prototype support and technical trials for RF, sensor and communications R&D systems.

Yocto · BitBake · OpenEmbedded +7

• 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

• Cambridge
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level

Design, build and test embedded systems across robotics, sensing, communications and IoT, working on Linux-based systems, bare-metal, RTOS, device drivers, algorithms and protocols. You'll join a multi-disciplinary consultancy team supporting projects from concept to delivery alongside FPGA and electronics engineers, with hybrid working (3 days office, 2 WFH).

Yocto · Embedded Linux · OpenCPI +3

• United Kingdom
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £50,000 pa
• Permanent

Design, develop, test and review embedded firmware across multiple platforms, integrating it with hardware and system components. Work in an R&D team on intelligent transport and infrastructure systems, using C/C++ on microcontrollers and RTOS, with debugging on STM, TI, Keil and Code Composer Studio. Hybrid, two days a week on-site in Christchurch, Dorset.

STM · TI · Keil +5

• Coventry
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on role performing threat analysis and risk assessments (TARA) and deriving security requirements across system, hardware and embedded software boundaries. You'll review architectures for trust boundaries and attack surfaces, coordinate with suppliers, pen testers and certification authorities, and apply standards such as ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE WP.29 across the full product lifecycle.

ISO/SAE 21434 · UNECE WP.29 R155 · UNECE WP.29 R156 +5

• 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

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £70,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

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.

C# · .NET · ARM Cortex-M +5

• 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

• Whiteley
• Lead

You will work across the full embedded software lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through design, implementation, review, testing and documentation for resource-constrained automotive and industrial touch controllers. The role combines hands-on C development and debugging with technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers and helping evolve development practices, including the adoption of AI tools.

Automotive SPICE · ISO 26262 · IEC/UL 60730 +1

• Whiteley
• Hybrid
• £35,000 – £38,000 pa
• Junior

Develop and debug embedded C firmware for resource-constrained microcontrollers, supporting capacitive sensing algorithm design and using Python for simulation and data analysis. Work alongside experienced engineers on touch sensor products for consumer electronics customers, investigating firmware and hardware behaviour including performance, timing and memory usage.

MATLAB · LabVIEW

• 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.

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £65,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

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.

Zephyr · Nordic nRF · Oscilloscopes +3

• London
• £55 – £65 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Develops and maintains high-performance embedded software in C/C++ for Embedded Linux and RTOS platforms, including multi-threaded applications and hardware integration. Contributes to software architecture, debugging and system validation, with GUI work in JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js alongside specialist engineers on mission-critical systems.

Linux · VxWorks · FreeRTOS +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

• Slough
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £85,000 pa
• Lead

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.

FPGA · SoC · GStreamer +7