Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer — Real-Time & ARM Expert

ZENOVO; Manchester; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

ZENOVO is seeking a Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer to join its Stockport team. You will lead embedded software architecture, develop real-time firmware in C/C++, and drive hardware and software integration across products.

You will configure RTOS components, implement robust peripheral drivers, and supervise hardware bring-up, bootloader development, and system-level debugging while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with software, hardware, manufacturing and support teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in electronics engineering or embedded systems.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and embedded toolchains.
• Experience with RTOS, bootloaders, and secure firmware.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded software architecture and system-level design for products.
• Develop real-time firmware in C/C++, with strict timing and memory constraints.
• Design and maintain peripheral drivers (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, Ethernet).
• Configure and optimise RTOS components including ISRs and memory management.
• Hardware bring-up, bootloader development and system-level debugging.
• Contribute to schematic reviews, PCB integration and validation activities.
• Ensure designs meet security, reliability and EMC/EMI requirements.
• Lead design reviews, assess risks and guide junior engineers.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, manufacturing and support teams.
• Support continuous improvement, CI/CD and automated testing workflows.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

RTOS

Firmware debugging

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Keil

IAR

GCC

VS Code

Eclipse

STM32CubeMX

Altium

PSPICE

Job description

ZENOVO is seeking a Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer to join its Stockport team. You will lead embedded software architecture, develop real-time firmware in C/C++, and drive hardware and software integration across products.

You will configure RTOS components, implement robust peripheral drivers, and supervise hardware bring-up, bootloader development, and system-level debugging while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with software, hardware, manufacturing and support teams.