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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Posted: 08/09/26
Recruiter:Zenovo
Reference:3171106955
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Software Engineer
Salary:Competitive
Location:Somerset
Description: Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Bristol
Working: Hybrid
Salary: Up to £75,000 DOE

We are working with an established technology business developing safety-critical embedded software looking for a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join their Bristol-based engineering team.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on developing safety-critical embedded software, with particular emphasis on Embedded C and RTOS technologies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead technical aspects of embedded software projects.
  • Design, develop and test low-level embedded software.
  • Work extensively with C, assembler and RTOS technologies.
  • Contribute to software architecture and technical design.
  • Debug hardware/software integration issues.
  • Lead code reviews and promote software best practices.
  • Support safety-critical validation, certification and compliance.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers.

Key Requirements
  • Strong commercial experience in Embedded Software Engineering.
  • Excellent Embedded C skills.
  • Strong RTOS experience ideally FreeRTOS or SAFE RTOS.
  • Low-level embedded experience, ideally ARM Cortex.
  • Experience within a safety-critical environments
  • Experience with embedded networking such as TCP/IP and UDP.
  • Experience with software architecture, requirements and configuration management.
  • Degree or equivalent in an engineering/science/technical discipline.

Please note, applicants must be based in the UK.

If you are interested and want to know more, please apply below.

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