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# Principal Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** The Hexwired Recruitment Agency
- **Location:** Southampton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, CPU Design, Golang
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://hexwired.com/job/principal-embedded-software-jobs-southampton/

## About the Role

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.



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