Safety-Critical Embedded Engineer for Autonomous Systems

DCS Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid (onsite 3 days)

Job summary

DCS Recruitment in Oxfordshire seeks a Safety-Critical Software Engineer to join an innovative team developing embedded software for autonomous, AI-enabled systems in highly regulated environments.

The role involves designing safety-critical software, runtime assurance, and working with verification and certification teams to ensure compliance across aerospace, defence and autonomy projects.

Qualifications

• Experience developing embedded software in safety-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of C/C++ and Ada in real-time systems.
• Experience with software verification, validation and certification processes.
• Familiarity with regulated development environments and industry standards.
• Ability to debug complex embedded software and work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous platforms.
• Develop components for runtime assurance and safety monitoring.
• Support high-integrity software solutions for regulated contexts.
• Contribute to software architecture and certifiable autonomous systems.
• Collaborate with verification, validation and certification teams.

Skills

Embedded software engineering

C/C++

Ada

Safety-critical environments

High-integrity software

Real-time embedded systems

Regulated development environments

Software verification & validation

Debugging & problem-solving

Team collaboration

Tools

ROS/ROS2

MAVLink

PX4

ArduPilot

Job description

DCS Recruitment in Oxfordshire seeks a Safety-Critical Software Engineer to join an innovative team developing embedded software for autonomous, AI-enabled systems in highly regulated environments.

The role involves designing safety-critical software, runtime assurance, and working with verification and certification teams to ensure compliance across aerospace, defence and autonomy projects.