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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Embedded Software Delivery Lead - **Company:** KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd - **Location:** Grimsby, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £75,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Embedded Software, Firmware, Mobile Application Software, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Backend - **Published:** July 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2856205090-2 ## About the Role The job title on the door is Product Owner and this is an Agile delivery role, but the context is a firmware engineering team building embedded software for connected hardware. The person who will thrive here is someone who either comes from an embedded or firmware engineering background and has moved into Agile product delivery, or has a strong Agile Product Owner track record on hardware and IoT products. The key requirement is that you can walk into a room of firmware engineers and be credible., * Proven experience as a Product Owner or Scrum Master working within an Agile (Scrum or Kanban) software development team. * Confident writing user stories, managing backlogs and running sprint ceremonies using tools such as Jira. * Experience working on hardware, IoT or embedded software products ,you need to understand what firmware is and how it is developed. * Ability to manage dependencies across multiple product streams and align with parallel product teams. * Strong communication skills, equally comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and discussing technical detail with engineers. Desirable: * A background as a firmware or embedded software developer, someone who has made that transition into Agile delivery or product ownership. * Experience in smart home, energy management, EV, IoT or any connected device environment. * Familiarity with the relationship between firmware, cloud/AWS backend and mobile app delivery teams. ## Description The business has a Product Manager who owns the commercial roadmap , the market insight, competitive analysis and strategic priorities for each product line. What they need now is someone to take that roadmap and run with it on the firmware side: breaking it down into a prioritised backlog, writing user stories, managing sprint ceremonies and keeping a single shared firmware development team pointed in the right direction across all products simultaneously. The firmware team has separate backlogs for storage products, chargers and in-life updates. You will own and manage all of them, working closely with the equivalent Product Owner on the mobile app side and the backend (AWS) team to identify and resolve cross-dependencies as features are developed. You will be the person who keeps the firmware delivery process moving, running the sprints, refining the backlog, writing the tickets and making sure the team always has clear, well-scoped work in front of them. What You Will Be Doing * Owning and managing the firmware backlog across all product lines, storage, EV charging and in-life firmware updates. * Taking roadmap items from the Product Manager and translating them into clear, prioritised user stories and development tickets. * Running sprint ceremonies: planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives with the firmware development team. * Aligning continuously with the Mobile App and Backend Product Owners to surface cross-team dependencies before they become blockers. * Reporting on sprint velocity and delivery progress to engineering leadership. * Working closely enough with firmware engineers to understand and challenge technical estimates, and to represent technical complexity credibly to stakeholders. * Being the connective tissue between what the business wants built and what the engineering team is building. ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)