Embedded Software Engineer

ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT
Cambridgeshire, UK
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£50,000.0 - £100,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Automation of Tests Encodings Cyber Security Continuous Integration Linux Device Drivers Embedded C Embedded Software Firmware Network Protocols Data Streaming Systems Integration
+5 more
TCP/IP Video Codec Multithreading Linux Development Decoding

Job description

If you are an embedded software engineer that enjoys working on real products, close to hardware, and want to see your work go from code to manufacturing on-site, this could be a great fit. The embedded team is expanding as they build out the next generation of their platform, consolidating codebases, moving to new hardware, meeting new cybersecurity and multimedia requirements. It’s varied, hands-on embedded work with plenty of technical depth. There is lots of variety and depending on your skills and interests you could work on porting existing embedded software to new hardware, integrating a modern Linux environment, adding cybersecurity features, complex networking, video codecs, rendering technology and more. Although they have a hybrid work policy (2 days from home) and flexible start times, most of the interesting work happens in the office where you’ll integrate with physical equipment, hardware engineers, firmware and test teams. Embedded Software Engineer essential requirements:

  • Embedded C

Requirements

  • Real-time embedded development

  • Linux development (ideally kernel, drivers, configuration)

  • Comfortable working hands-on with hardware

Embedded Software Engineer DESIRABLE skills:

  • Multimedia, encoding/decoding, streaming

  • Networking protocols, TCP/IP

  • Cybersecurity

  • USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, serial, audio

  • Porting

  • Continuous integration / automated testing

  • Multi-threaded or multi-process applications

  • Device Drivers

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