Principal Embedded Software Engineer

The Hexwired Recruitment Agency
Southampton, UK
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
£70,000.0 - £80,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

C++ (Programming Language) Linux on Embedded Systems Embedded Software Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning CPU Design Golang

Requirements

The company are recognised globally, and are expanding because of a healthy order book. The company are now seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer with excellent experience leading technical projects as well as working autonomously on new projects.

This is a Principal Embedded Software role in Southampton focusing on Processor design as well as comm interfaces. Due to the nature of the work, this will be a mostly onsite role.

Key Requirements:

  • Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Computer science, Embedded Systems, Maths, Physics or similar
  • 10+ years commercial Embedded software experience
  • Excellent Firmware RTOS experience
  • Good commercial Serial Comms experience (RS232, RS422, TCP/IP etc)
  • Any experience working on testing embedded code is highly desirable.

Benefits & conditions

The company are looking to offer circa £80k dependent on experience. Along with an excellent benefits package. If you’re interested in this Principal Embedded Software job in Southampton, please apply.

About the company

Hexwired Recruitment has partnered with a world renowned Electronics manufacturer based in Southampton who are now seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to help develop and maintain a brand new system the company is developing., At Hexwired Recruitment, a technology recruitment agency in London, we take pride in being one of the leading tech recruitment agencies.

We specialise in technical job placements across various sectors, including Aerospace Defence Energy Electronics Manufacturing Semiconductor Automotive Renewable energy IOT Space Robotics Telecoms Artificial Intelligence Wind Energy Fintech Broadcast Audio and Video and Media.

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