Edge Computing Jobs

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £75,000 – £90,000 pa
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

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.

Linux · KVM

• Northampton
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa
• Senior

Design, develop and maintain software across embedded, backend, cloud and web technologies, including Linux-based edge computing systems and integration with cameras and sensors. You'll own technical projects from concept to deployment, contribute to architecture and best practices, and work in a small team building vision-based products.

Linux · LLMs

• Cheshire
• Remote
• £70,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

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.

ESP32 · RP2040 · STM32 +7

• United Kingdom
• £65,000 – £75,000 pa
• Lead

Lead embedded software architecture and technical delivery across advanced real-time systems, owning C/C++ codebases, RTOS and embedded Linux environments. The role combines hands-on development with project ownership, applying electrical power systems and protection function theory within embedded control, and guiding Agile processes and testing strategy.

FreeRTOS · Linux · Python +6

• Cheltenham
• On-site
• £50,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

Develops low-level embedded software and hardware/software interfaces for a security and surveillance business, working with ARM/PIC microcontrollers in bare-metal and RTOS environments. Projects include early-stage and upcoming greenfield work involving wireless and comms protocols. The role is based on-site in Cheltenham and requires SC or BPSS clearance eligibility.

ARM · PIC · RTOS

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

Design and develop application software and embedded firmware in C and C++ for future products, while supporting and enhancing an existing product portfolio. Day-to-day work includes FreeRTOS-based real-time firmware, direct hardware and sensor interfacing, microcontroller peripherals, and system integration, debugging and testing alongside cross-functional engineering teams. Products are safety-critical and life-saving, with flexible/hybrid working from Rochester, Kent.

FreeRTOS · C · C++

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £40,000 – £55,000 pa
• Mid-level

Develops high-integrity embedded software in C and C++ for novel healthcare and medical devices, working across the full product lifecycle from requirements and prototyping to architecture, implementation, integration and verification. Joins a Cambridge multi-disciplinary engineering team, liaising with clients and colleagues, with Linux and ideally RTOS, plus Python tooling and automated tests.

Linux · RTOS · Qt +1

• Cambridge
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £60,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Design and develop embedded firmware for battery-powered IoT wearable devices, working across the full product lifecycle from prototyping to mass production. The role involves low-level drivers, wireless protocol stacks (BLE, WiFi, Cellular) and RTOS environments like FreeRTOS or Zephyr, within a collaborative R&D team.

FreeRTOS · Zephyr · ThreadX +7

• Cheltenham
• Remote
• £55 – £65 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Hands-on kernel-level role developing and maintaining Linux device drivers for custom hardware, including board bring-up with U-Boot, device tree and BSP work on ARM platforms. Involves debugging low-level hardware/software issues and optimising performance, power and boot time on resource-constrained systems, working closely with hardware engineers in a small team.

U-Boot · Yocto · Buildroot +6

• 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

• Leicestershire
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

Architect and design software for complex embedded products made up of interconnected hardware modules, defining interfaces and integration strategies across the system. The role blends strategic architecture work with hands-on C/C++ development, Linux, IoT product work, and structured test planning alongside hardware and software engineers.

Linux

• United Kingdom
• Mid-level

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary technical team on client assignments across consumer, industrial, and defence markets. Design and implement embedded systems, including C software for embedded targets, SystemVerilog for FPGAs, PCB design, and analogue/digital hardware testing, while interacting directly with clients from requirements capture to handover.

SystemVerilog · FPGA · DSP

• 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

• 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

• 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