Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-16
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Software Development
Embedded Software Engineer, C++ Developer, Embedded Systems/ Firmware/ IoT, Software Engineer
Embedded Software Engineer (Junior - Senior) | Hybrid Southampton ( 2 Days per week WHF)| Up to £80,000
Location: Southampton (Hybrid - 4 days per week onsite with potential flexibility over time)
Salary: Up to £80,000, dependent on experience Job Type: Permanent
A globally leading engineering business is looking for Embedded Software Engineers to join an innovation team at their Southampton site, developing embedded software for high-reliability systems. This is a hybrid role, with three days per week required onsite.
The client works across the full embedded stack, from low-level C through to multi-threaded, OS-based C++, and the role can be shaped around your own strengths and experience level. Whether you're a junior engineer building your embedded skillset or a senior engineer looking for technical depth, there's scope to tailor the work to you. The client offer a range of benefits including
- Salary up to £75,000 depending on experience
- Hampshire - 3 days per week onsite
- 26 days' holiday + bank holidays
- Bupa healthcare
- 1 additional day's holiday for every year of service
- Share Options
- Technically varied projects and challenging engineering problems
- Highly experienced multidisciplinary engineering environment
- Strong long-term career development opportunities
- Excellent benefits package including 7% pension employer contribution
- Developing and maintaining embedded software in C/C++
- Designing, testing, and integrating software for complex embedded systems
- Working across the full software development lifecycle
- Collaborating with hardware, FPGA, and systems engineering teams
- Building robust, high-performance software for advanced engineering applications
- Embedded software development experience in C and/or C++
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Understanding of Object-Oriented Design (OOD), SOLID principles, and design patterns
- Familiarity with unit testing and modern software development practices
- Exposure to communication protocols such as CAN, RS232/RS422, UDP, or TCP/IP
Important: due to the security clearance required for this role, candidates must have been resident in the UK for at least five years.
Desirable Experience- MATLAB/Simulink
- OpenGL or Vulkan
- CUDA or OpenCL
- FPGA or HDL exposure
- Video processing or machine learning
- Background in defence, aerospace, automotive, or another high-reliability industry
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