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Senior Embedded Software Engineer | £60-65k | Royston | Cambridge

A highly innovative engineering team is looking to a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to bridge the gap between hardware innovation and intelligent control systems. You’ll be designing & developing extremely high spec instrumentation and be involved from a completely fresh concept through to test & production.

This opportunity is unique as you’ll be writing code that directly shapes the direction of scientific discovery, and developing your embedded software skills in a high-spec environment that will take your skills to the next level.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Responsibilities

+ Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for automation instruments and control systems

+ Work directly with electronics & mechanical engineers, acting as a bridge while architecting the software

+ Implement firmware to interface with sensors, actuators, pumps, temperature controllers, and communication peripherals

Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Requirements

+ Proficiency with OOP & C++

+ Demonstrable experience developing bare metal C code

+ Experience developing ARM Cortex architecture, ideally STM32s

+ Strong understanding of RTOS, ideally FreeRTOS

Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Desirable experience

+ Experience with building custom Linux distributions using Yocto

+ Ability to read and understand schematic diagrams

What’s in it for you?

+ Hybrid working – Mondays & Thursday in office

+ Private health insurance

+ 25 days holiday per year