Edge Computing Jobs

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £55,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior

Own a bare-metal control stack for ARM-based microcontrollers, developing, debugging and optimising firmware and adding features to an existing codebase. Work closely with hardware engineers on schematics and drivers for SPI, I2C, UART, ADC and DAC, with autonomy over complex hardware-software integration and precision motion control.

ARM · SPI · I2C +5

• Bristol
• £50,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops embedded software for microcontrollers and SoC devices, configures software-defined radio systems and applies DSP techniques across advanced R&D programmes in RF and communications. Works in C, C++, Python and embedded Linux, building prototypes and pre-production systems, producing design documentation and supporting technical trials with direct customer contact.

Microcontrollers · System-on-Chip · Software Defined Radio +3

• Glasgow
• Lead

Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic libraries, including post-quantum algorithms, hardened against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across crypto domains, collaborating with security architects, firmware and evaluation teams, and driving certification activities. Work spans ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V platforms across automotive, payment, IoT and identification markets.

ARM Cortex-M · RISC-V · AES +2

• Gratkorn, Austria
• Hybrid
• Lead

Define and review security architectures for embedded software, firmware and secure platforms, performing threat modelling, risk assessments and vulnerability investigations. Work alongside cryptographers, certification bodies and evaluation labs to embed security-by-design across the product lifecycle for chips used in payments, ePassports, automotive and IoT.

Java Card · Trusted Execution Environments · HSMs +6

• Cambridge
• £50,000 – £60,000 pa
• Senior

Join an R&D team building advanced sensors for critical domestic and international operations, developing new products after major contract wins. You'll write embedded C firmware for bare-metal and RTOS targets, contribute to architecture, signal processing and algorithm development, and mentor or technically lead others.

TI Chips

• Romsey
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops real-time embedded C/C++ software for DSP-based consumer electronics, including processing chain components prototyped in MATLAB and low-level drivers for DSP and PCB peripherals. Works closely with firmware, electronics and product teams on prototype bring-up, debugging and testing, with peer code reviews and technical documentation.

MATLAB · Git · Jira +2

• 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

• Bedford
• £80,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Own the full embedded firmware stack for cutting-edge communication technology, from investigation through integration and release, in a small high-impact signal processing team. Write C for TI DSPs and ARM aarch64 Linux, implement MAC/RLC protocol stacks for GERAN, UTRAN, E-UTRAN and NR, and work with FPGA teams on Xilinx SoC data paths and DMA.

TI DSP · ARM · Linux +5

• Cambridge
• £40,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Develop driver firmware for proprietary silicon, working across the full SDLC including bring-up, regression testing and performance testing, and validating new silicon chips. The role sits in a multidisciplinary deep-tech team, with desirable exposure to ARM Cortex-M, pytest, Jenkins CI/CD and PCB electronics design.

pytest · Jenkins · Linux +4

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++ for STM32 microcontrollers running bare-metal and RTOS environments, and help shape the software architecture of new advanced sensing systems. You will debug complex system-level issues within an Agile, engineering-led team working on radar technology for UAVs, with access to the company's own drone fleet for testing.

STM32 · UAV · Radar +1

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• £65 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Design, simulate and implement DSP algorithms for advanced communications and sensing systems, and develop, test and verify FPGA firmware in VHDL and/or Verilog. Working from system requirements and functional specifications, you support hardware integration and debugging within a multidisciplinary engineering team, with desirable exposure to C/C++, Xilinx Versal AI Engines and 5G/LTE.

Xilinx Versal AI Engines · LTE

• Bucharest, Romania
• Lead

Define and review security architectures for embedded software, firmware and secure platforms, performing threat modelling, risk assessments and vulnerability investigations. Work with customers, certification bodies and evaluation labs to embed security-by-design across the product lifecycle, with a focus on smart cards, secure elements and TEEs.

C · C++ · Java Card +5

• Leuven, Belgium
• Lead

Define and review security architectures for embedded software, firmware and secure platforms, performing threat modelling, risk assessments and vulnerability investigations. Work with customers, development teams and certification bodies on security-by-design across the product lifecycle, with a focus on C/C++ embedded systems and certification schemes such as Common Criteria and EMVCo.

Java Card · Trusted Execution Environments · HSMs +3

• Glasgow
• Lead

Define and improve security architectures for embedded software, firmware and secure platforms, performing threat modelling, risk assessments and vulnerability investigations. Work with customers, development teams and certification bodies on security-by-design across the product lifecycle, with a focus on smart cards, secure elements and TEEs.

Java Card · Trusted Execution Environments · HSMs +3