Embedded Engineer

Bright Purple; Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Company pension

33 days holiday with long service

Long-service awards

Job summary

Bright Purple is seeking an Embedded Engineer to join its R&D team in Aberdeen or Edinburgh. You’ll own the full lifecycle of downhole and surface tools, with in-house firmware, collaborating closely with electronics and mechanical teams to shape designs from concept to field deployment.

Candidates should have strong embedded C skills, knowledge of microcontrollers, and solid digital electronics. The role offers a collaborative, growth‑focused environment and opportunities to tackle challenging

Qualifications

• Strong experience writing embedded C
• Solid understanding of challenges of coding for microcontrollers
• Working knowledge of digital electronics (analogue an advantage)
• Familiarity with sound software design principles and practices
• Strong mathematical ability, experience designing custom algorithms
• A lateral thinker who enjoys unconventional design problems
• Good communication skills and a genuine team player

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle of downhole and surface tools from concept to field deployment
• Collaborate with electronics and mechanical teams to shape design decisions early
• Design with power efficiency and safe failure modes in mind, build on existing tool suites

Skills

Embedded C

Microcontrollers

Digital electronics

Software design

Algorithms

Team player

Communication

Job description

Embedded Engineer - Aberdeen / Edinburgh

We are working with a leading global oil and gas technology company who is looking for an Embedded Engineer to join its growing R&D function. With a strong family-business culture and a presence across the UK, the Middle East, the US and beyond, this is a chance to work on genuinely innovative tools that operate in some of the most demanding environments in the industry.

What is in it for you:

• Salary up to £70,000, depending on experience
• Aberdeen or Edinburgh - 4 days office and 1 day remote per week
• 33 days holiday, rising with long service, plus long-service awards
• Private healthcare, life insurance, and strong company pension contributions
• A culture built on teamwork and genuinely empowering engineers to make a difference
• Real ownership of your designs, from first sketch to field deployment

The role

• You’ll join an expanding R&D team responsible for the full development lifecycle of downhole and surface tools, from initial concept and design, through coding and testing, to field deployment. Because all firmware is built in-house, you’ll work closely with the electronics and mechanical teams, shaping design decisions early rather than just coding to a fixed spec.
• A handful of priorities run through everything: minimising power consumption, designing in safe failure modes so faults degrade gracefully, building on an established suite of tools rather than starting from scratch, and finding genuinely innovative solutions where no off-the-shelf answer exists.
• You’ll be trusted to take real ownership of your projects, with support and mentoring on hand from experienced colleagues rather than close oversight. The scope of the role flexes around the person appointed. A more junior candidate can expect a supported learning curve, while a more experienced engineer could quickly pick up broader responsibility, including input into firmware architecture and mentoring others.

To be considered:

• Strong experience writing embedded C
• Solid understanding of the specific challenges and constraints of coding for microcontrollers
• Working knowledge of digital electronics (some exposure to analogue electronics an advantage)
• Familiarity with sound software design principles and practices
• Strong mathematical ability, with experience designing custom algorithms
• A lateral thinker who enjoys finding unconventional solutions to tricky design problems
• Good communication skills and a genuine team player

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a market‑leading name in downhole technology, working on cutting‑edge embedded systems within a supportive, development‑focused environment. Whether you’re early in your career or a seasoned engineer, if you can write robust embedded code and enjoy solving hard, unconventional problems, this role offers genuine scope to grow. Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.