Embedded Software Engineer

ALTEN; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to work on safety-critical systems in aerospace and defense sectors. Your main responsibilities will include developing low-level drivers and hardware interfaces, and writing embedded C code. Join a team that values engineering passion and offers a personalized career path, competitive salary, and dynamic project diversity.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flexible working options

Social atmosphere with regular gatherings

Qualifications

• Experience with ARM core processors.
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems and/or bare-metal programming.
• Understanding of DO-178C, MISRA C/C++ or similar software safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate low-level drivers and hardware interfaces.
• Write embedded code in C for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to validate sensor interfaces.

Skills

Embedded C development

Software debugging

Embedded system build tools

Real-time operating systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering

Certifications in safety-critical software development

Job description

ALTEN is hiring an Embedded Software Engineer to join our team of consultants delivering high-integrity, low-level software for safety-critical systems across aerospace and defence sectors. You’ll be working with industry leaders on complex embedded platforms – from bare-metal coding to low-level driver development, and everything in between.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Develop and integrate low-level drivers and hardware interfaces (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet)
• Write embedded code in C for bare-metal systems and RTOS-based architectures
• Perform software debugging and system-level integration on ARM-based platforms
• Collaborate with hardware and systems teams to validate sensor interfaces and embedded communication stacks
• Contribute to software architecture design and requirement elicitation

Who are we looking for?

• Strong Embedded C development skills
• Experience with ARM core processors, toolchains, and debuggers
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems and/or bare-metal programming
• Understanding of embedded system build tools and version control

You are...

• Passionate about engineering
• result-oriented
• proactive

Job Description

What will you be doing?

ALTEN is hiring an Embedded Software Engineer to join our team of consultants delivering high-integrity, low-level software for safety-critical systems across aerospace and defence sectors. You’ll be working with industry leaders on complex embedded platforms – from bare-metal coding to low-level driver development, and everything in between.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Develop and integrate low-level drivers and hardware interfaces (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet)
• Write embedded code in C for bare-metal systems and RTOS-based architectures
• Perform software debugging and system-level integration on ARM-based platforms
• Collaborate with hardware and systems teams to validate sensor interfaces and embedded communication stacks
• Contribute to software architecture design and requirement elicitation

Who are we looking for?

• Strong Embedded C development skills
• Experience with ARM core processors, toolchains, and debuggers
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems and/or bare-metal programming
• Understanding of embedded system build tools and version control

You are...

• Passionate about engineering
• result-oriented
• proactive

Qualifications

Experience, skills and qualifications required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Certifications or experience withsafety-critical software development preferred
• Understanding of DO-178C, MISRA C/C++, or similar software safety standards

Additional Information

Why join us?

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities.

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies.

We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential.

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private MedicalInsurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom