131 jobs for “embedded systems engineer”
Platform Recruitment Cambridge £55,000 – £65,000 pa
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.
Platform Recruitment Bristol £50,000 pa
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.
NXP Semiconductors Spain
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, plus software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Works with security architects, evaluation, OS and firmware teams on embedded C/Assembly for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V, supporting certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Spain
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and develops software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains, collaborating with security architects, firmware and evaluation teams, and supports product certification and security evaluations.
Platform Recruitment Cambridge £45,000 – £65,000 pa
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.
Platform Recruitment Royston £60,000 – £70,000 pa
Design and develop bare metal and RTOS embedded software in C/C++ on ARM Cortex MCUs, plus production support tools such as test jig interfaces and calibration software. The role spans the full product lifecycle for highly precise scientific instruments and sensors, including hardware troubleshooting, fault finding and system-level problem resolution.
Platform Recruitment Royston £60,000 – £70,000 pa
Design and develop bare metal, RTOS and DSP algorithm embedded software in C/C++ on ARM Cortex MCUs, plus production support tools such as test jig interfaces and calibration tools. The role also covers hardware troubleshooting, fault finding and system-level problem resolution for highly precise scientific instruments and sensors.
Platform Recruitment Cambridge £75,000 – £90,000 pa
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.
NXP Semiconductors Bucharest, Romania
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, plus software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Works with security architects, OS/firmware and evaluation teams on embedded C/Assembly for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V, supporting certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Glasgow
Designs and implements cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, for embedded platforms such as ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V. Develops software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault injection, collaborating with security architects, firmware and evaluation teams, and supporting certification activities.
NXP Semiconductors Gratkorn, Austria
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and develops software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains, collaborating with security architects, evaluation, OS and firmware teams, and drives product certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Bucharest, Romania
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and secure software for embedded systems. Develops software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault injection, working with security architects and evaluation teams. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains and supports product certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Leuven, Belgium
Designs and implements cross-platform cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, and develops software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks. Provides technical leadership across cryptographic domains, collaborating with security architects, evaluation, OS and firmware teams, and drives product certification and security evaluations.
NXP Semiconductors Glasgow
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.
NXP Semiconductors Gratkorn, Austria
Technical member of NXP's Product Security Incident Response Team, triaging reported vulnerabilities across hardware, firmware, software and embedded platforms. Reproduces issues with product experts, assesses exploitability and severity, and authors CVE records, advisories and researcher communications. Distinct for its deep semiconductor and low-level focus, spanning secure boot, debug interfaces and side-channel analysis.
