Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - BLDC Motor Control

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment is partnering with a UK sovereign technology business to hire a Senior Firmware Engineer. You will own embedded software for motor controllers, writing bare-metal C/C++ for three-phase drives and working closely with hardware on STM32.

This hands-on role focuses on BLDC/PMSM control, FOC, real-time loops, bootloaders, secure firmware updates, and hardware bring-up. There is potential future migration toward RTOS/model-based development in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Hands-on embedded firmware development experience.
• Experience designing and shipping motor-control firmware.

Responsibilities

• Develop bare-metal C/C++ firmware for three-phase motor control.
• Implement BLDC/PMSM control and Field-Oriented Control (FOC).
• Develop real-time control loops on STM32 microcontrollers.
• Work with CAN/UAVCAN/UAVCAN protocols for motor systems.
• Create bootloaders and enable secure firmware updates.

Skills

Bare-metal C/C++

Three-phase motor control

Field-Oriented Control (FOC)

Real-time control

STM32

CAN/UAVCAN/UAVCAN

Hardware bring-up

Tools

STM32 microcontrollers

Bootloader development

Job description

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment is partnering with a UK sovereign technology business to hire a Senior Firmware Engineer. You will own embedded software for motor controllers, writing bare-metal C/C++ for three-phase drives and working closely with hardware on STM32.

This hands-on role focuses on BLDC/PMSM control, FOC, real-time loops, bootloaders, secure firmware updates, and hardware bring-up. There is potential future migration toward RTOS/model-based development in a fast-paced,