Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Real-Time Safety

Eaton Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global collaboration

Career progression

Learning opportunities

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Eaton Group is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our engineering function in Cheltenham. You will derive requirements, craft software architecture, and develop test specifications across platforms from microcontrollers to multi-processor systems.

You will participate in all phases of the full software development lifecycle and work on challenging aerospace-grade projects. The role emphasizes real-time safety-critical embedded development in C/C++, DO-178C DAL B/A, and

Qualifications

• Experience with aerospace systems or similar high-reliability domains.
• Familiarity with other safety-critical standards (e.g., ARP4754, ARINC 653, DO-254, DO-248).
• Understanding of hardware/software integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
• High proficiency in C and C++ and cross compiling and debugging on embedded targets.
• Experience in working to DO-178C DAL B/A
• Proficiency in real-time software design and RTOS concepts.
• CI/CD workflow. Experience with Git, Containerised development environments, CI/CD
• Familiarity with debugging tools, hardware interfaces, and safety analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

• Requirements definition, design, development, and verification for a variety of integrity levels, from safety critical to proof of concept.
• Coding to internal coding standards and ensuring high quality robust solutions.
• Conduct design and code reviews to maintain high-quality standards.
• Debugging in embedded environments.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS concepts

Embedded systems

DO-178C DAL B/A

HIL testing

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Containerised development

Job description

Eaton Group is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our engineering function in Cheltenham. You will derive requirements, craft software architecture, and develop test specifications across platforms from microcontrollers to multi-processor systems.

You will participate in all phases of the full software development lifecycle and work on challenging aerospace-grade projects. The role emphasizes real-time safety-critical embedded development in C/C++, DO-178C DAL B/A, and