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# Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Embedded Software, Python (Programming Language), Commercial Software, PIC Microcontroller, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25987

## About the Role

* A 1st or 2:1 in computer science or electronics from a top university
 * Expertise with embedded coding, C / C++ and high end microcontrollers
 * A good understanding of commercial software development

The following are beneficial: experience working closely with target µCs in situ; control systems experience; digital signal processing (DSP), Python, an interest in mentoring, and/or electronics experience.



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