Edge Computing Jobs

• London
• €89,000 – €122,000 pa
• Senior · manages people

Lead the Egress team building and operating network software infrastructure that connects Cloudflare's products to any destination, spanning data planes and distributed control-plane services. Hire, mentor and coach a distributed engineering team, own roadmap and on-call, and drive reliability and automation improvements.

Cloudflare · WARP · Cloudflare One +2

• London
• Senior

Own and operate Quicksilver, a globally distributed key-value store serving billions of keys per second across 500+ data centres. You'll write features in Go and C, improve performance and monitoring, and handle the full stack from testing and deployment to on-call debugging of tricky, hard-to-reproduce issues.

Go · C

• 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

• 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

• Witney
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems, building runtime assurance components and high-integrity code using SPARK Ada and related toolchains. Work spans software architecture for certifiable systems, DAL-A/DAL-B solutions, and integration with mission computers, flight control and safety monitoring. Minimum three days per week on site in Witney.

SPARK Ada · ROS · ROS2 +3

• 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

• Pontefract
• Hybrid
• £50 – £60 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Contract role modifying an existing embedded platform for a time-critical customer programme, while supporting ongoing product development. You'll work in a small collaborative team using Embedded C, RTOS (Zephyr or FreeRTOS) and STM32 microcontrollers, with train operating systems/TDRP experience desirable. Initial 2-month contract with hybrid working and potential extension.

Zephyr · FreeRTOS · STM32 +1

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £75,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

Architect and develop production firmware on Zephyr RTOS, with bare-metal work alongside, bringing up prototype boards from first power using debuggers, scopes and logic analysers. You'll build board-to-board and digital interfaces (CAN, SPI, I²C, UART, RS422), networked services such as REST APIs and SNMP agents, TCP/UDP layers, secure comms and firmware updates, plus Yocto-based embedded Linux work. The role sits in a Cambridge software team working closely with hardware and systems engineers.

Zephyr RTOS · FreeRTOS · Embedded Linux +7