Embedded Software Lead Engineer to mentor a high-performing embedded software team while working on innovative, real-world tech across diverse industries.
Key skills required for this role
Embedded Software Engineer
Important
Embedded Software and Leadership
Summary :
This position offers a roughly 80 / 20 split between hands-on embedded software development and leadership responsibilities, supporting a small team of 3-5 specialist software engineers. Projects are varied-ranging from short 2-day sprints to full-scale 2-year development programmes-across a wide range of industries.
It's an excellent fit for someone with solid embedded software experience and some exposure toleadership-whether direct orinformal-who's ready to take the next step. A broader understanding of cloud or application-level development is also useful, given the diversity of work.
Location : Commute from Cambridge, Saffron Walden, Newmarket, Braintree, Hitchen, Harlow, St Neots, Bury St Edmunds, Chelmsford (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Salary : Circa £75k
Type : Permanent | Hands-on Technical + Leadership
Other : No Visa sponsorship available
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on role combining software development with team leadership. You'll lead a small, close-knit sub-team within a larger multidisciplinary software group, contributing to the design and delivery of embedded systems for a range of real-world applications-from radar and sensing technologies to IoT devices and advanced communication systems.
Projects span sectors such as defence, healthcare, and industrial innovation, blending embedded software, electronics, FPGA, cloud, and system-level engineering.
As a Lead Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include :
What We're Looking For
You'll be a capable and well-rounded embedded software engineer with a natural inclination to guide others. Our ideal candidate brings :
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Embedded Software Engineer • United Kingdom