Embedded Software Engineer, Embedded C / Linux / Networking

Pure Resourcing Solutions Limited; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare option

Cycle-to-work scheme

Excellent pension

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Pure Resourcing Solutions Limited is seeking a mid-level embedded software engineer with experience in C, C++ and Rust. You will work on Linux-based middleware and real-time streaming for mission-critical environments, from kernel to user-space components, with a focus on low latency and robust performance.

You should be able to pick up an existing codebase, understand concurrency constraints, and contribute quickly within a supportive, engineering-led team.

Qualifications

• Networking embedded software background required.
• Hands-on experience with multi-threaded, performance-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Work across the stack from Linux kernel to real-time streaming components.
• Develop embedded software in C, C++ and Rust for IP-based KVM and connectivity products.
• Contribute to performance optimization of critical code and understand hardware constraints.

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Job description

Somewhere right now, a live broadcast is going out, a control room operator is watching over critical infrastructure, and a transport network is running exactly on schedule, all connected in real time by technology built by the team you'd be joining. If you've got a solid few years of networking embedded software behind you and you're ready to get straight into meaningful work, this is worth a look.

The opportunity

This is a hands-on role across the stack: one day you're down in the Linux kernel, working through device drivers and board bring-up, the next you're in real-time multimedia streaming that has to hit zero latency, because somewhere a broadcaster or a control room is relying on it.

You'll be writing embedded C, C++ and Rust for IP-based KVM and connectivity products used in genuinely mission-critical environments: broadcast, national security, transport, industrial control. This isn't internal tooling or prototype work. It's software that ships and stays in the field.

What's essential

Youneed a networking embedded software background, and whilst plenty of training and career progression is available, we need someone with the experience to hit the ground running. This is a mid-level role with excellent opportunity for progression. someone who can pick up an existing codebase, understand the constraints of multi-threaded, performance-critical systems, and start contributing quickly.

Alongside that, you'll bring:

• Several years' hands-on experience with C, C++ and/OR Rust
• Confidence building middleware and backend applications on Linux
• A proven track record optimising performance-critical, multi-threaded code
• Bonus points if you've worked with HDMI, DisplayPort, USB, streaming media protocols or embedded Linux environments

Why it's worth your time

• Employee-owned: So when the business does well, so do you
• A genuine engineering heritage stretching back decades, with national recognition for innovation and export excellence along the way
• You'll sit alongside hardware, software and test engineers who actually talk to each other, not siloed teams throwing code over a wall
• Real autonomy from day one: a say in how products get built, not just a ticket queue to work through
• Hybrid working, so you're not chained to a desk five days a week, although due to the excellent working environment many of the engineers choose to work on site most of the time, so you have a lot of support around you when needed.

The benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday
• Bonus scheme
• Excellent pension
• Hybrid working
• Private healthcare option
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Free on-site parking

Sound like you? If you've built a solid career in networking-focused embedded software and you're ready to step straight into systems that actually matter, not another lengthy onboarding process, this is worth a conversation.