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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Spectrum IT Recruitment
- **Location:** Chilworth, UK
- **Salary:** £45,000.0 - £50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Linux, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Groovy, Interoperability, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Vivado, O-RAN, Multithreading, Scripting, 5G NR, Hardware Acceleration
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5896691624

## About the Role

* Strong C or C++ development experience
 * Experience with a scripting language such as Python, Groovy or Bash
 * Strong software engineering fundamentals and an interest in performance optimisation
 * Experience developing for real-time embedded systems and Linux
 * Knowledge of SIMD, FPGA or DSP-based hardware acceleration
 * Understanding of signal processing and optimisation techniques
 * Experience with FPGA toolchains, particularly Xilinx Vivado
 * Exposure to O-RAN architecture and fronthaul protocols such as eCPRI
 * Experience working with ARM-based platforms

## Description

* Develop software used to run and test 5G NR PHY algorithms
 * Develop and optimise platform-specific code for embedded systems
 * Apply SIMD, multi-threading and hardware acceleration techniques
 * Integrate PHY algorithms with ARM-based platforms and boards
 * Improve and maintain CI testing across the platform
 * Support interoperability testing with customers, vendors and operators
 * Work closely with hardware, system architecture and system-test teams
 * Contribute to technical reviews and customer-facing activities

Technologies:

 * ARM
 * Bash
 * Embedded
 * FPGA
 * Groovy
 * Hardware
 * Support
 * Linux
 * Python
 * C++

More:

We are an innovative technology business at the forefront of 5G and wireless communications, based in Southampton. We are growing our software team and offer the opportunity to work on cutting-edge 5G technology, tackling challenging problems in performance, embedded systems and hardware acceleration. You will work closely with software, hardware, architecture and system-test teams on high-performance 5G technology.


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