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# Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** Cambridge Aerospace
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Embedded C, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, FreeRTOS, Rapid Prototyping Process, Real-Time Operating Systems, System on a Chip, VxWorks, Safety Critical Systems, Bare Metal
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815583477-embedded-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Excellent embedded C/C++/Rust skills
 * Experience developing for safety-critical systems, i.e., avionics, medical or automotive
 * Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork capabilities, * Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
 * Experience with bare-metal, RTOS (i.e., NuttX, ThreadX, RTIC, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, INTEGRITY), and embedded Linux
 * Experience with STM32, Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, etc.
 * Experience with flight controllers

## Description

As an embedded software engineer, you will be responsible for delivering embedded software on a range of platforms for applications from flight control to radar processing., * Identify and define the architecture of embedded software in conjunction with the wider engineering team

 * Scope and expand our CI and automated testing and release infrastructure
 * Build high-performance, deterministic and well-tested embedded systems with a view to accreditation
 * Definition of interfaces between software elements (APIs) and over communications interfaces (protocols)


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