Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Bare-Metal ARM

Platform Recruitment; Northstowe; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to join a high‑autonomy R&D team. You will own bare‑metal firmware development for ARM microcontrollers, delivering robust, high‑performance code for precision motion control.

The role requires strong embedded C, hands‑on experience with ARM architectures, and collaboration with hardware engineers. Hybrid work in the Cambridge area offers a balanced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience developing ARM architecture in embedded C on bare metal
• Ability to read hardware schematics
• Experience with Agile processes (sprints, stand-ups, retrospectives)
• Knowledge of Python or Bash for automation

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and optimise bare-metal firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers
• Contribute to an existing code base adding features with low-level designs documentation
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to review schematics and develop drivers for interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, and DAC

Skills

Bare-metal firmware

ARM microcontrollers

Agile processes

Python/Bash

Job description

Platform Recruitment in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to join a high‑autonomy R&D team. You will own bare‑metal firmware development for ARM microcontrollers, delivering robust, high‑performance code for precision motion control.

The role requires strong embedded C, hands‑on experience with ARM architectures, and collaboration with hardware engineers. Hybrid work in the Cambridge area offers a balanced environment.