Edge Computing Jobs

• Cambridge
• Senior

Lead architect defining 32-bit microcontroller-based Bluetooth, UWB and Wi-Fi SoC solutions, covering core selection, memory subsystems, power management, security and test features. Owns peripheral architecture and drives feasibility and trade-off studies, working with marketing, design, verification, firmware and external customers from concept through tape-out. Also applies AI-driven and automation techniques to improve design methodology and first-silicon success.

Bluetooth · UWB · Wi-Fi +6

• Whitchurch
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £70,000 – £80,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Hands-on staff-level role in a specialist embedded software team, owning low-level firmware and software for advanced capacitive sensing products across the full lifecycle from concept to production. Work spans bare metal development in a pre-RTOS environment, Embedded C firmware, Python modelling and DSP/IC interaction including IC bring-up and pre-tapeout validation, with architecture decisions and mentoring of junior engineers.

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

You will define how machine learning models run across Cloudflare's global network, from frontier open LLMs and real-time voice models to customer-deployed models on heterogeneous GPUs. The role blends applied ML, inference optimization, evaluation and production engineering, building benchmarking frameworks and improving serving performance through quantization, batching, caching and runtime tuning.

SGLang · vLLM · TensorRT-LLM +5

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Builds and maintains Yocto-based Linux distributions, writes and debugs firmware for microcontrollers (bare metal or FreeRTOS), and works across the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real-time firmware. Joins multi-disciplinary teams in a small technical consultancy, supporting products in the field across medical, IoT, energy, defence and communications projects while working closely with clients.

Yocto · BitBake · FreeRTOS +1

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on embedded role building and maintaining Yocto-based Linux distributions and writing firmware for microcontrollers, bare metal or FreeRTOS. Work spans the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real-time firmware, plus supporting products in the field. Projects cover medical, smart home, energy, defence, communications and scientific sectors, with close client contact.

Embedded Linux · Yocto · FreeRTOS +2

• Eye
• £55,000 – £60,000 pa
• Lead

Senior technical authority for embedded firmware in smart metering products, working entirely in embedded C on Microchip tools. Leads firmware architecture, standards and cyber security integration across new development and redesign work, while mentoring engineers and influencing the product roadmap.

Microchip

• Peterborough
• £55,000 – £60,000 pa
• Lead

Senior technical authority owning firmware architecture and standards for smart metering products, working entirely in embedded C on Microchip tools. Leads complex new development, redesign and modular improvement work, embeds cyber security, and mentors engineers, with a path to leading the firmware function.

Microchip

• Nottingham
• £65,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

Lead the development of embedded Linux and edge AI systems for a camera-based edge computing platform built on NVIDIA Jetson hardware. Work across software, electronics and hardware integration, owning system-level technical decisions on performance, reliability and delivery. Focus is on robust, deployable products rather than proof-of-concept work.

NVIDIA Jetson · GStreamer · V4L2 +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

• Bristol
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Own the architecture of an embedded platform spanning electronics, firmware and power management for a climate-tech startup's microbial energy technology. Design ultra-low-power hardware and C/C++ firmware for microcontrollers, integrate LoRaWAN, NB-IoT or BLE sensors, and take products from prototype to manufacturable production with lab and field validation.

STM32 · Nordic · TI +3

• Slough
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £85,000 pa
• Lead

Take technical ownership of a video systems platform, leading embedded software architecture, platform selection and prototyping through to production. Day to day you write low-level C/C++ for video processing, hardware control and networking, integrating codecs, vendor SDKs and drivers, and debugging I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and Ethernet interfaces. You work closely with hardware engineers and external specialists, defining FPGA requirements and building automated tests, reproducible builds and firmware update processes.

FPGA · SoC · GStreamer +7

• 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

• Cambridge
• £70,000 – £80,000 pa
• Lead

Take technical ownership of low-level embedded software and device driver development across a complex multi-processor real-time platform for secure wireless communication products. Lead platform software activities including design, task planning, integration testing and technical reviews, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with hardware teams during board bring-up. Work spans Embedded Linux, RTOS and bare-metal, with a focus on ARM-based BSPs and real-time debugging.

Embedded Linux · RTOS · ARM +4

• Yeovil
• £55,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Hands-on hardware role owning analogue, digital and power circuit design, PCB layout and BOMs in Altium or KiCad, taking products from concept through EMC and CE/UKCA certification into volume manufacture. Works with low-power wireless, battery and mains-powered devices, liaising with external manufacturers on DFM and supporting firmware engineers.

Altium · KiCad · RF +1

• 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