Embedded Software Engineer

Contract:

3-6 months, with potential to extend

Working Pattern: 1 day onsite per week, the rest if remote.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join a technically challenging embedded systems modernisation programme with an established engineering organisation on the outskirts of Southampton.

This is a hands-on contract role for someone who is comfortable working at firmware and hardware level, with strong experience in embedded C/C++, ARM microcontrollers and RTOS/bare-metal development

You will be working alongside an experienced engineering team on an established embedded platform, helping to resolve technical challenges, improve security and support ongoing platform modernisation.

• Developing and maintaining embedded C/C++ firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers.
• Working at low level with peripherals, interrupts and hardware interfaces.
• Developing software for RTOS and bare-metal environments.
• Investigating complex firmware and hardware/software integration issues.
• Performing on-target debugging using JTAG, SWD and other debugging/instrumentation techniques.
• Supporting firmware security improvements and remediation activities.
• Working with embedded build systems and ARM GCC/tool chains.
• Supporting platform modernisation and migration activities.
• Contributing to secure firmware functionality such as secure boot and firmware signing.
• Working with development tooling and engineering utilities.
• Supporting embedded CI/CD and automated build/release processes where required.
• Working closely with hardware, software and engineering stakeholders to identify and resolve technical issues.

We're particularly interested in experienced embedded engineers with a strong combination of firmware development and low-level hardware knowledge.

• Strong commercial experience with Embedded C/C++.
• Experience with ARM microcontrollers.
• Strong RTOS and/or bare-metal development experience.
• Good understanding of interrupts, concurrency and timing-critical software.
• Experience with low-level peripheral configuration.
• Practical experience with JTAG and/or SWD.
• Experience with embedded debugging and fault finding.
• Understanding of embedded security principles.
• Experience with cryptography, key management or secure storage/configuration.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technically complex problems.
• Renesas or other ARM MCU experience.
• Experience of embedded platform migration or modernisation.
• Secure boot and firmware signing.
• Authenticated command interfaces.
• Embedded CI/CD.
• Embedded build and release infrastructure.
• Hardware protection mechanisms such as watchdogs and MPUs.
• Marine Technology or saftey critical product experience