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# Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** Fortescue Hub
- **Location:** Kidlington, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Static Program Analysis, Code Generation, Profiling, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Memory Management, Embedded Software, Software Architecture, ISO/IEC 15504, Systems Integration, Real Time Systems, Integration Tests, Build Tools, Software Performance, Software Version Control
- **Published:** June 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gbe286cd04510ef96ea0b7af0f9d2e009b

## About the Role

Details of the experience needed to be successful in the role, the qualifications essential/desirable to be able to fulfil the role and any specific behavioural traits.
Essential:

 * Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in a relevant STEM subject, or equivalent practical experience.
 * 5+ years of relevant embedded software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in model-based development, preferably in the automotive or aerospace industries.
 * Ability to analyse technical trade-offs between algorithm accuracy, computational efficiency and maintainability.
 * Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt academic concepts to practical implementations.
 * Knowledge of embedded architectures, memory management, and real-time systems.
 * Experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
 * Excellent communication skills and a collaborative working style, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly across software, algorithm, application, and product teams.
 * Proactive mindset, able to identify technical or process inefficiencies and drive improvements.

Beneficial:

 * Experience with battery state-estimation algorithms, such as SoC, SoH, SoP, and/or battery management systems
 * Experience with ASPICE, ISO 26262, or similar software development standards.
 * Familiarity with simulation frameworks, profiling tools, and debugging in embedded environments.
 * Exposure to hardware/software co-validation, including HIL, SIL, MIL, or PIL testing.
 * Experience providing technical guidance, reviewing designs/models/code, or mentoring engineers.

## Description

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will take technical ownership of key software components and engineering practices within Elysia Embedded, a world-class battery software product.
The role will design, develop, optimise, maintain, and verify efficient, scalable embedded software - from architecture and model-based implementation through to system integration and release readiness.
The role focuses on creatively transforming advanced battery algorithms into lightweight, production-ready embedded solutions that maximise battery performance, reliability, and lifespan., * Transform complex algorithms into resource-efficient embedded implementations through simplification, optimisation, and sound engineering judgement.

 * Lead and contribute to scalable, maintainable, testable, and computationally efficient software architecture.
 * Design, implement, verify, and review software units using model-based development, code generation, and automated testing.
 * Integrate software components and verify system-level interactions through simulation, integration testing, debugging, and issue resolution.
 * Analyse and optimise execution time, memory usage, numerical behaviour, and real-time performance.
 * Improve software quality through standards, modelling guidelines, static analysis, peer reviews, CI/CD, and automated workflows.
 * Improve developer productivity through build systems, debugging tools, simulation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
 * Guide engineers through architecture discussions, model/design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing.
 * Identify inefficiencies across software performance, workflows, and processes, and drive practical improvements.


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