Embedded Software Engineer

Profectus Recruitment; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus Recruitment is seeking a Safety-Critical Embedded Software Engineer to develop safety-critical embedded and real-time software for autonomous and mission-critical applications. You will contribute to runtime assurance, safety monitoring and fail-safe functions within a regulated engineering environment.

The role involves collaboration with systems, verification and safety engineers, supporting verification, validation and certification activities, and producing certification evidence

Qualifications

• Strong embedded software engineer with safety-critical or real-time experience.
• Experience with safety-critical development processes.
• Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop safety-critical embedded and real-time software.
• Design software for runtime assurance, safety monitoring and fail-safe functions.
• Contribute to autonomous flight and mission-critical systems.
• Support verification, validation and certification activities.
• Produce software documentation and certification evidence.
• Work within safety-critical development processes, collaborating with systems and safety engineers.

Skills

Embedded software

Real-time systems

Safety-critical

Requirements tracing

Verification & validation

Regulated environment

Job description

Embedded Safety-Critical Software Engineer

Location: Oxfordshire

Salary: Up to £60,000

Working pattern: Hybrid

Type: Permanent

An innovative technology business developing safety and assurance solutions for next-generation autonomous systems is expanding its engineering team and is looking for a Safety-Critical Software Engineer.

You’ll develop embedded and real-time software supporting autonomous aviation, defence and other mission-critical applications.

The Role

• Develop safety-critical embedded and real-time software.
• Design software supporting runtime assurance, safety monitoring and fail-safe functions.
• Contribute to autonomous flight and mission-critical systems.
• Support verification, validation and certification activities.
• Produce software documentation and certification evidence.
• Work within structured safety-critical development processes.
• Collaborate with systems, verification and safety engineers.

About You

We’re looking for a strong embedded software engineer with experience developing safety-critical or real-time systems. You’ll need to be technically curious and confident discussing your engineering decisions, processes and approach to solving complex problems.

You’ll have experience with:

• Embedded software development.
• Real-time systems and software lifecycles.
• Safety-critical development processes.
• Requirements and traceability.
• Verification and validation.
• Working within a regulated engineering environment.

Security: Candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging safety-critical software at the forefront of autonomous technology.