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Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Wotton-under-Edge, UK💼 Full-time💰 $60,000–$60,000🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead embedded firmware development for high-performance, real-time sensor and encoder products, ensuring sub-micron accuracy and reliability for precision measurement and automation industries.

Role type

Lead Embedded Software Engineer (Hands-on IC with Architecture & Mentorship)

Builds

Bare-metal, real-time firmware for MCU-based products (often co-processed with FPGA) used in precision measurement, automation, and manufacturing.

Domain

Industrial Automation / Precision Measurement / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Modern C, ARM Cortex-M architecture, bare-metal real-time development, low-level protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), build systems (CMake), unit testing, power-aware design, functional safety lifecycle support

Preferred skills

FPGA/MCU interface collaboration, functional safety certification (IEC61508/ISO13849), MISRA C/C++, secure development, CI/CD pipelines, DSP/fixed-point arithmetic

Technologies

C, ARM Cortex-M, CMake, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, FPGA, Azure DevOps

Responsibilities

Lead firmware architecture and design for real-time MCUs; Develop and maintain firmware interfacing with FPGA subsystems; Optimize firmware for power, performance, and determinism; Define verification and validation strategies; Mentor graduates and apprentices; Support functional safety certification activities.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership and mentorship responsibilities

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