Senior Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Job Description

Senior / Lead Embedded Software Engineer (C)

Salary range from 48000 to 65000 depending on experience

About the Role

We have opportunities for ambitious Embedded Software Engineers at Senior and Lead level to join our multidisciplinary engineering team at the forefront of additive manufacturing technology.

Our embedded software platforms are central to the control sensing communication monitoring and real-time processing capabilities of our next-generation products. Working within Research & Development you will contribute to the full product lifecycle from concept and architecture through verification release to production and long-term support.

These are hands-on engineering roles combining embedded software development debugging and verification with close collaboration across electronics FPGA systems algorithms and mechanical engineering teams. Depending on experience and grade you will also provide technical leadership influence engineering strategy and mentor developing engineers.

The software frequently interacts with microcontrollers FPGAs sensors communication networks and analogue electronics. As such a strong appreciation of system-level design and hardware/software interaction is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Embedded Software Development

• Develop embedded software architectures and applications from concept through to production release.

• Design implement and maintain high-quality C software with a focus on performance reliability maintainability and portability.

• Develop low-level drivers middleware and application-layer software for embedded systems.

• Implement communication interfaces such as SPI I²C UART CAN Ethernet and industrial communication protocols.

• Optimise software for real-time performance memory usage and deterministic behaviour.

• Support product sustainment issue investigation and software improvements throughout the product lifecycle.

• Develop reusable software frameworks and libraries for use across multiple projects and product generations.

Verification & Validation

• Develop robust software verification strategies covering unit integration and system-level testing.

• Create automated test frameworks and regression test suites.

• Define verification plans acceptance criteria and coverage objectives.

• Support hardware-in-the-loop system integration and product validation activities.

• Drive continuous improvement in automated testing continuous integration and software quality metrics.

• Investigate and resolve complex software and system-level defects.

Systems & Product Development

• Capture analyse and refine requirements ensuring clear traceability from customer and system requirements through to implementation and verification.

• Work closely with systems electronics FPGA algorithms and test engineers to deliver integrated solutions.

• Evaluate and implement control signal processing and embedded algorithms on target hardware platforms.

• Contribute to safety reliability and compliance activities including design assurance and audit-ready engineering evidence.

• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation including software architecture specifications interface definitions design descriptions and verification reports.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership for embedded software development activities across projects.

• Drive engineering excellence through design reviews code reviews development standards and best practices.

• Support planning estimation technical risk management and project delivery.

• Mentor engineers graduates and apprentices helping develop both technical capability and engineering judgement.

• Promote reusable software architectures and continuous improvement across tools methodologies and processes.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Electronic…