Firmware Engineer – IoT Wearables (Hybrid, Cambridge)

Vector Recruitment Ltd

Cambridge

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 70,000

Full time

9 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits
Hybrid work 1 day a week

Job summary

Vector Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer / Embedded Software Engineer to join a rapidly growing tech firm in Cambridge, working on next-generation IoT wearable devices. This hybrid role offers one day in the office per week and exposure to low-power Bluetooth-enabled systems.

You will contribute across the full product lifecycle from prototyping to mass production, design embedded firmware in C, develop device drivers and wireless stacks, and collaborate with hardware

Qualifications

  • Must have embedded C development experience in commercial projects.
  • Experience with RTOS environments (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX or similar).
  • Proficient in Unix/Linux development environments.
  • Strong grounding in software testing (unit, regression, system).

Responsibilities

  • Design embedded firmware for IoT wearable products.
  • Work across full product lifecycle: prototyping, implementation, optimisation, validation, release.
  • Create efficient, reliable firmware for battery-powered devices.
  • Develop and maintain low-level drivers, interfaces and wireless stacks.
  • Collaborate with hardware, electronics and software teams to deliver production-ready systems.

Skills

Embedded C
RTOS experience
Unix/Linux
Software testing
BLE/Bluetooth
Git/Jira/Bitbucket

Education

Degree/Masters/PhD in CS/Electronics/Embedded Systems

Tools

Git
Jira
Bitbucket

Job description

Vector Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer / Embedded Software Engineer to join a rapidly growing tech firm in Cambridge, working on next-generation IoT wearable devices. This hybrid role offers one day in the office per week and exposure to low-power Bluetooth-enabled systems.

You will contribute across the full product lifecycle from prototyping to mass production, design embedded firmware in C, develop device drivers and wireless stacks, and collaborate with hardware

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