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Embedded Firmware Engineer
£58,000 - 78,000
Vector Recruitment Ltd
University Way, Cambridge
£58,000 - 78,000
Requirements
Must:
- Degree/Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Electronics, Embedded Systems or similar
- Strong commercial experience in embedded C development (ideally 5+ years)
- Experience with RTOS environments such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX or similar
- Confident working in Unix/Linux development environments
- Strong grounding in software testing (unit, regression, system)
- Experience writing device drivers directly from datasheets
- Knowledge of low-power design techniques and firmware optimisation for constrained MCUs
- Experience working with BLE/Bluetooth, WiFi, Cellular or other wireless protocols
- Experience with battery-powered, low-energy devices is highly beneficial
- Familiarity with Git, Jira, Bitbucket, or similar tooling
- Prior experience with wearable technologies (nice to have)
- Cellular expertise (e.g., LTE-M, NB-IoT) (nice to have)
- Exposure to embedded Linux environments (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- Designing and developing embedded firmware for IoT wearable products
- Working across the full product lifecycle — prototyping, implementation, optimisation, validation and release
- Creating efficient, reliable firmware for battery-powered, resource-constrained devices
- Developing and maintaining low-level drivers, communication interfaces and wireless protocol stacks
- Collaboration with hardware, electronics and software teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready systems
Description
We are a rapidly growing technology company based in Cambridge, specializing in developing next-generation IoT, Bluetooth-enabled, low-power wearable devices. You will be joining a talented and supportive R&D team dedicated to innovation and employee development. Our collaborative culture fosters excellent training and career growth opportunities, allowing you to work with cutting-edge embedded technologies. We offer a competitive salary range of £50,000 – £60,000 along with excellent benefits.
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