Senior Embedded Engineer

Company: Applause IT Recruitment Ltd
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer

Manchester Hybrid Working

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer to join a growing R&D team developing next‑generation products within the access control, security and connected technology sector. This is a senior‑level position offering significant technical influence across embedded software, electronics design and product architecture.

The successful Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer will play a key role throughout the full product lifecycle, from concept and architecture through development, validation and production release, helping shape the future direction of innovative embedded products.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

  • Lead embedded architecture decisions for new and existing products
  • Drive system‑level design and technical direction
  • Conduct design reviews and technical risk assessments
  • Mentor and support junior engineers
  • Influence engineering best practices and development standards

Embedded Development

  • Develop real‑time embedded firmware using C and C++
  • Design and implement low‑level device drivers
  • Configure and optimise RTOS environments
  • Develop bootloaders and embedded platform infrastructure
  • Deliver secure, maintainable and scalable embedded software

Hardware & Systems Integration

  • Board bring‑up and hardware debugging
  • Hardware validation, testing and troubleshooting
  • Support PCB design and schematic development activities
  • Power management and low‑power optimisation
  • Contribute to EMI/EMC and product reliability considerations

Skills & Experience

Essential

  • Degree in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline
  • 7+ years’ commercial embedded engineering experience
  • Expert‑level C and C++ development skills
  • Strong RTOS experience
  • Embedded architecture and technical leadership experience
  • Hardware and firmware integration expertise
  • System‑level debugging skills
  • Knowledge of embedded security principles
  • Experience working with modern development workflows and CI/CD practices

Technical Environment

Embedded Platforms

  • ARM Cortex‑M
  • STM32
  • ESP32
  • NXP Kinetis
  • FreeRTOS / RTOS environments

Tools & Technologies

  • Keil
  • IAR
  • GCC
  • STM32CubeMX
  • Altium
  • Git / GitHub
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira

Communication Protocols

  • SPI
  • I2C
  • UART
  • USB
  • Ethernet
  • CAN Bus
  • BLE
  • WiFi
  • TCP/IP

What’s On Offer

  • Hybrid working
  • Competitive salary package
  • Bonus scheme
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Company pension
  • Ongoing training and professional development
  • High level of technical autonomy
  • Collaborative engineering culture
  • Opportunity to influence product direction and engineering strategy

Why Apply?

This role offers the opportunity to work on real‑world products used internationally across security, access control and connected technology environments. You’ll have significant influence over technical decisions, exposure to both hardware and software development, and the chance to help shape the future of a growing engineering function.

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Posted: June 15th, 2026