Embedded Software Engineer (Networking)

Enterprise Recruitment Limited; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Bonus

Pension

Relocation

Life assurance

25 days

Hybrid work

Job summary

Embedded Software Engineer (Networking) for the Cambridge area is sought to work on real products close to hardware, taking code to manufacturing on-site with hybrid work (2 days from home). The role spans porting software to new hardware, Linux integration, and cybersecurity features, with emphasis on complex networking and multimedia tasks.

Ideal candidates have real-time embedded C, Linux kernel/driver experience, and hands-on hardware skills, with exposure to TCP/IP networking.

Qualifications

• Real time Embedded C and Linux development experience.
• Networking projects with TCP/IP protocols.
• Comfortable working hands-on with hardware.

Responsibilities

• Port embedded software to new hardware.
• Integrate a modern Linux environment with cybersecurity features.
• Develop networking, video codecs, and rendering technologies.

Skills

Embedded C

Linux kernel

TCP/IP networking

Hardware hands-on

Job description

Embedded Software Engineer (Networking)

If you are an embedded software engineer that enjoys working on real products, close to hardware, and want to see your work go from code to manufacturing on‑site, this could be a great fit.

The embedded team is expanding as they build out the next generation of their platform, consolidating codebases, moving to new hardware, meeting new cybersecurity and multimedia requirements. It's varied, hands‑on embedded work with plenty of technical depth.

There is lots of variety and depending on your skills and interests you could work on porting existing embedded software to new hardware, integrating a modern Linux environment, adding cybersecurity features, complex networking, video codecs, rendering technology and more.

Although they have a hybrid work policy (2 days from home) and flexible start times, most of the interesting work happens in the office where you'll integrate with physical equipment, hardware engineers, firmware and test teams.

Embedded Software Engineer essential requirements:

• Real time Embedded C
• Linux development (ideally kernel, drivers, configuration)
• Networking projects with TCP/IP protocols
• Comfortable working hands‑on with hardware

Embedded Software Engineer DESIRABLE skills:

• Multimedia, encoding/decoding, streaming
• Cybersecurity
• USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, serial, audio
• Porting
• Continuous integration / automated testing
• Multi-threaded or multi-process applications
• Device Drivers

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Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Cambridge area

Salary: £45-70k

Benefits: Medical, Bonus, pension, relocation if required, life assurance, 25 days, hybrid working (2 days from home)

Key skills: C, Embedded Linux, TCP/IP networking

Desirable skills: streaming media, video/audio applications, device drivers

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