Embedded Systems Engineer - Hands-on, Cross-Functional Impact

Salience Labs; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Salience Labs is seeking an Embedded Engineer to join our Software team in Abingdon. You’ll work on embedded systems at the heart of our technology, collaborating with hardware and system test teams to bring complex products to life.

This hands-on role emphasizes quick impact, code quality in C/C++, and a broad engineering mindset across software, hardware, and validation as we scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of embedded C/C++ experience.
• Ability to contribute to an existing codebase with minimal ramp-up.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the embedded software codebase, primarily in C and C++.
• Support product development, production testing, and customer-facing technical activities.
• Collaborate with hardware and system test teams to debug and optimise system performance.
• Take ownership of software tasks and deliver them to a high standard.
• Build a working understanding of the full product stack, beyond individual components.
• Help remove bottlenecks in the software team as we move towards wider product deployment.
• Work across engineering functions to ensure alignment between software, hardware, and system validation.
• Quickly get up to speed with development tools, environment, and product architecture.
• Support broader engineering needs, including manufacturing readiness and external demonstrations where required.

Job description

Salience Labs is seeking an Embedded Engineer to join our Software team in Abingdon. You’ll work on embedded systems at the heart of our technology, collaborating with hardware and system test teams to bring complex products to life.

This hands-on role emphasizes quick impact, code quality in C/C++, and a broad engineering mindset across software, hardware, and validation as we scale.