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# Senior Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** Chemify Limited
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Software Debugging, Firmware, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Robotic Automation Software, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, PIC Microcontroller
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840575634-senior-firmware-engineer

## About the Role

You are an experienced embedded engineer who likes owning firmware from architecture to hardware on the bench. You care about robustness in the real world - where a missed edge case means a stalled robot, not just a failed test - and you raise the bar for the people around you., * 5+ years developing embedded/firmware for electromechanical or robotic systems, including production-grade work.

 * Strong C/C++ (and ideally [Python] for tooling/test), with solid embedded fundamentals.
 * Deep understanding of microcontrollers, real-time behaviour, interrupts, timers, and communication buses (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN).
 * Hands-on bring-up and debugging across the firmware/hardware boundary (oscilloscope, logic analyser), with a methodical approach to root cause.
 * Experience owning firmware subsystems end to end and lifting the people around you., * Familiarity with hardware design and reading schematics, and close collaboration with electronics engineers.
 * Exposure to robotics, lab instrumentation, or other precision electromechanical systems.
 * Embedded CI/test infrastructure and firmware-update/bootloader design.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to own the embedded firmware that drives the robotic modules at the heart of our platform - the pumps, valves, sensors, and motion systems that physically carry out chemistry. You will take firmware from architecture through to robust, production-grade code running across our fleet of robotic systems, working closely with electronics, mechanical, and platform-software engineers.

What sets this role apart is how close to the chemistry you will be: the firmware you write is the layer where code becomes physical motion and real reactions - and as a senior engineer you will shape how that layer is built.

If owning embedded firmware on a platform that makes molecules sounds like the right shape of job for you, we'd love to welcome you to our team., * Architect, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for instrument and robotics modules.

 * Own firmware for subsystems end to end - from requirements and design through bring-up, validation, and production.
 * Work close to the metal: microcontrollers, motion control, sensors, actuators, and communication buses.
 * Partner with electronics engineers on board bring-up and hardware/firmware interfaces, and with platform-software on higher-level control.
 * Drive firmware quality: testing, code review, CI for embedded, and robust real-time behaviour.
 * Mentor junior firmware engineers and help set the team's embedded standards and practices.


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