Embedded Software Engineer - RF/ARM, RTOS, Hybrid

Filtronic; Sedgefield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working available

Learning and development opportunities

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

Filtronic, a leader in RF and microwave technology, is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for its Sedgefield headquarters. You will design, develop, and debug embedded software for real-world RF applications, working across bare-metal and RTOS-based systems with Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I²C, UART interfaces.

Join a multidisciplinary team and contribute from concept to production, with opportunities for career development and a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing embedded software in C/C++.
• Experience with bare-metal systems and/or real-time operating systems.
• Experience developing software for ARM Cortex-based microcontrollers.
• Practical experience bringing up prototype hardware.
• Knowledge of embedded communication protocols: Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and debug embedded software for real-world RF applications.
• Develop software for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems.
• Bring up new hardware and debug prototype boards using test equipment and debugging tools.
• Develop robust communications between embedded devices (Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART).
• Design networking functionality including TCP/IP, REST APIs, SNMP and OpenAPI interfaces.
• Collaborate with hardware, FPGA and systems engineers to integrate software with complex systems.
• Investigate and resolve software, networking and embedded system issues.

Skills

C/C++ programming

ARM Cortex MCUs

Bare-metal systems

RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)

Debugging skills

Embedded networking (Ethernet CAN SPI,

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electronic Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Software debugging tools

Job description

Filtronic, a leader in RF and microwave technology, is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for its Sedgefield headquarters. You will design, develop, and debug embedded software for real-world RF applications, working across bare-metal and RTOS-based systems with Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I²C, UART interfaces.

Join a multidisciplinary team and contribute from concept to production, with opportunities for career development and a collaborative culture.