Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

Location: Livingston, Scotland
Salary: 60,000 - 75,000
Work Pattern: Hybrid (onsite required, but more flexible than hardware roles)

We're looking for experienced Embedded Software Engineers to work on complex, real-world products across energy, industrial, oil & gas, medical, and consumer sectors
. Projects range from bare-metal and RTOS-based embedded systems to embedded Linux platforms
, with growing use of modern C++.

This role offers significant technical variety, customer exposure, and the opportunity to see products move rapidly from concept to production
.

• Developing embedded and real-time software in C and modern C++
• Working with RTOS-based systems (e.g. FreeRTOS) and embedded Linux
• Developing software for ARM- and STM-based microcontrollers
• Implementing and debugging low-level drivers and interfaces
• Working with communication protocols including I2C, SPI, CAN, RS232, Ethernet
• Supporting system integration, testing, and production handover
• Producing high-quality, customer-facing documentation

• 8-10+ years' experience in embedded software development
• Strong commercial experience with C/C++ in embedded systems
• Experience with RTOS and real-time constraints
• Confident working close to hardware and collaborating with electronics engineers
• Comfortable in a busy, project-based environment

• Embedded Linux (Yocto, Debian)
• STM
  32 / ARM microcontrollers
• Oil & gas or industrial systems
• Wireless technologies (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LoRa, NFC)
• Object-oriented design and software architecture
• Exposure to security, cryptography, or DSP

• Exceptional technical variety across multiple industries
• Clear progression and skills development
• Stable workload with growing project scale
• Supportive, highly technical engineering culture