Senior and Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Company: Platform Recruitment
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Principal Embedded Software Engineer | £80-100k | Cambridge An exciting medium-sized consultancy is looking for an experienced software engineer to join their driven & motivated team. You’ll report directly to the Head of Engineering and have a significant degree of authority over the architecture of each project.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a software engineer with previous consultancy experience who wants to join a team where they can have a real impact every day and lead a team of multidisciplinary engineers, without the line management side of things.

A lot of their projects tend to be outside of heavy industry regulations and varied, so you have a lot of freedom to be creative & solve a range of problems.

Responsibilities:+ Lead the software design and development of embedded and connected systems+ Take a system-wide view: balancing firmware, hardware, connectivity, and cloud considerations+ Work directly with clients, defining not just delivery but also the actual product itself from idea through to production

Requirements:+ Strong experience developing embedded software using C/C++ for RTOS-based systems (ideally Zephyr)+ Experience at a senior level in a consultancy environment+ Strong understanding of embedded Linux, but you don’t have to be a Linux guru+ Experience with Cloud-based systems (AWS, IoT, embedded security)+ Provable experience with wireless technologies (WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, M2M cellular etc.)

Bonus skills:+ FPGA development experience+ PhD or MBA qualified+ Experience leading own consultancy or Ltd

If you love developing exciting products and would like to play a leading role in a consultancy, apply!…

Posted: June 3rd, 2026