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# Graduate Software Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £45,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithm Design, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Scripting, Information Technology, Video Streaming
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25820

## About the Role

Immediate start for Masters, PhD and more experienced engineers

Do you want to be involved in a variety of interesting and challenging activities, working within a closely-knit and motivated team on firmware for world-class video?

If so, then this company would be interested in hearing from you. They seek an Graduate Software Engineer with a good understanding of the software development lifecycle. Evidence of an interest in SoC development will be a definite plus.

As an embedded software engineer to gain your place in this well respected high-tech company you must have:

 * An excellent academic background with a 1st or high 2.1 from a well-ranked university in a technical subject (computer science, maths, engineering, physics)
 * Thorough knowledge of C and/or C++
 * Strong mathematical skills suitable for algorithm development
 * An interest in video technology

Combine the above with the following desirables for the perfect match:

 * Exposure to the design and programming of FPGAs
 * Knowledge of scripting (e.g. Python)
 * An understanding of signal processing
 * Mathematical modelling of DSP systems in C++

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a company created by engineers who hire, inspire and develop the very best people in the industry. This role has the diversity of one phase working at low level code, whilst your next phase could be modelling a highly complex algorithm.



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