Embedded Systems Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in an Embedded Systems Engineer, Software Architect, or similar senior embedded engineering role
• Demonstrable experience architecting software for embedded products with multiple hardware and software components
• Strong C and C++ programming skills
• Commercial Linux development experience
• Experience evaluating hardware/software interfaces and making sound architectural decisions
• Strong understanding of embedded software integration and system-level design
• Experience developing structured software test plans and integration testing strategies
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience developing embedded IoT products

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect software for complex embedded systems comprising multiple hardware components
• Define software architecture and interfaces between hardware and software modules
• Evaluate software and hardware interface options, providing clear technical reasoning and design justification
• Develop integration strategies to ensure software components work together as a complete embedded product
• Design test strategies and plans for individual software components and full system integration
• Work with hardware and software engineers throughout the product development lifecycle
• Contribute to technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and best engineering practices

Technologies:

• Architect
• Embedded
• Hardware
• IoT
• Linux

More:

We are seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer / Software Architect to join our engineering team in Leicestershire. This is a hybrid role with three days onsite and a competitive salary, depending on experience. The role offers the opportunity to help define the architecture of complex embedded products, working at both system and component level, with a balance of strategic design and hands-on implementation, integration, and testing. We cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

last updated 39 week of 2026