Embedded Software Engineer

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A leading defense technology company in the UK is seeking an embedded software engineer to develop high-performance software across various platforms, focusing on safety-critical applications like avionics and automotive systems. Candidates should have excellent skills in embedded C/C++/Rust and be ready to work in fast-paced environments. The role offers competitive compensation, private medical and dental benefits, and a cycle to work scheme. Join a mission-driven team that aims to ensure safety against modern threats.

Qualifications

• Experience developing for safety-critical systems like avionics, medical, or automotive.
• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments.
• Experience with flight controllers.

Responsibilities

• Identify and define the architecture of embedded software with the engineering team.
• Scope and expand CI and automated testing infrastructure.
• Build high-performance, deterministic embedded systems.
• Define interfaces between software elements and communication protocols.

Skills

Embedded C/C++/Rust skills

Analytical capabilities

Communication capabilities

Teamwork capabilities

Tools

Bare-metal

RTOS (NuttX, ThreadX, RTIC, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, INTEGRITY)

Embedded Linux

STM32

Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+

VxWorks

INTEGRITY

Embedded Linux

STM32

Job description

As an embedded software engineer, you will be responsible for delivering embedded software on a range of platforms for applications from flight control to radar processing.

Responsibilities

• Identify and define the architecture of embedded software in conjunction with the wider engineering team
• Scope and expand our CI and automated testing and release infrastructure
• Build high-performance, deterministic and well-tested embedded systems with a view to accreditation
• Definition of interfaces between software elements (APIs) and over communications interfaces (protocols)

Requirements

• Excellent embedded C/C++/Rust skills
• Experience developing for safety-critical systems, i.e., avionics, medical or automotive
• Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork capabilities

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
• Experience with bare-metal, RTOS (i.e., NuttX, ThreadX, RTIC, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, INTEGRITY), and embedded Linux
• Experience with STM32, Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, etc.
• Experience with flight controllers

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We’re building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.