Edge Computing Jobs

• London
• Hybrid
• €54,000 – €75,000 pa

Build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale, migrating core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy. Measure and improve protocol performance across real-world traffic, contribute to open standards like QUIC, MASQUE and ECH, and collaborate closely with the IETF.

NGINX · QUIC · MASQUE +4

• 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

• Rochester
• Hybrid
• £70,000 pa
• Senior

Develops and maintains embedded firmware primarily in C, working with ARM and STM32 microcontrollers, low-level drivers, interrupt handling, bare-metal and RTOS environments. Implements and troubleshoots SPI, I²C and UART protocols, performs firmware debugging, hardware/software integration and unit and integration testing, with embedded Linux where applicable. Works within a multidisciplinary engineering team on electronic products across the full development lifecycle.

SPI · I2C · UART +3

• Sutton
• Hybrid
• £65,000 – £80,000 pa
• Lead

You will write Embedded C for a range of processors, focusing primarily on real-time systems within a dedicated team on a pioneering R&D project for a new product range. The role offers strong scope for career progression, and experience or interest in moving into a leadership position is highly desirable.

• Elsecar
• On-site
• £60,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Senior role in a small R&D team at an IoT product design house, working mostly on the embedded Linux side writing application and middleware code in modern C++. You'll refactor a mature, memory-constrained codebase into clean object-oriented C++ using UML-led design, covering the full lifecycle from requirements to integration and validation. The team is adopting TDD, automated testing and CI/CD, and you'll mentor engineers as the team grows.

ARM Cortex-M · RTOS · RS-485 +7

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

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

Linux · ARM

• 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

• Malvern, England, United Kingdom
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £60,750 – £67,500 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Works across the full engineering lifecycle within a multidisciplinary team, analysing, designing, implementing and testing embedded software for innovative electronics systems used in defence applications. Involves rigorous engineering practices, configuration and change management, UML design, and interfacing with on-board FPGAs, with responsibility to the Project Design Authority.

FPGA

• United Kingdom
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Graduate role working on client assignments across embedded systems, spanning analogue and digital hardware, FPGA design, PCB layout and embedded C software. You'll rotate across disciplines and markets from consumer devices to defence, with mentoring to grow into a technologist. Requires SC clearance and 5 years' UK residency.

SystemVerilog · FPGA · DSP +1

• 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

• 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++

• New Malden
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Contract · Flexible

Six-month contract developing embedded C++ software on Linux, working close to the hardware with real-time multi-threaded concepts. The role involves build environments such as OpenEmbedded, Bitbake and Makefiles, plus networking work with UDP, TCP/IP and analysis tools like Wireshark. After an initial on-site period, two days a week can be worked from home.

OpenEmbedded · BitBake · Makefiles +4