Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - Own Robotic Chemistry

Chemify Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chemify Ltd in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to own the embedded firmware that drives our robotic modules—the pumps, valves, sensors, and motion systems that physically carry out chemistry. You will take firmware from architecture through production, working closely with electronics, mechanical, and platform-software engineers.

This role places you at the boundary where code becomes real motion and reactions, shaping the layer that turns digital instructions into tangible

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing embedded/firmware for electromechanical or robotic systems.
• Strong C/C++ (and ideally Python for tooling/test), with solid embedded fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of microcontrollers, real-time behaviour, interrupts, timers, and communication buses (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN).
• Hands-on bring-up and debugging across the firmware/hardware boundary (oscilloscope, logic analyser), with a methodical approach to root cause.
• Experience owning firmware subsystems end to end and lifting the people around you.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for instrument and robotics modules.
• Own firmware for subsystems end to end — from requirements and design through bring-up, validation, and production.
• Work close to the metal: microcontrollers, motion control, sensors, actuators, and communication buses.
• Partner with electronics engineers on board bring‑up and hardware/firmware interfaces, and with platform-software on higher‑level control.
• Drive firmware quality: testing, code review, CI for embedded, and robust real‑time behaviour.
• Mentor junior firmware engineers and help set the team’s embedded standards and practices.

Skills

5+ years embedded/firmware

Strong C/C++

Real-time systems

Debugging hardware/software boundary

Team ownership

Tools

Python for tooling

Oscilloscope

Logic analyser

Job description

Chemify Ltd in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to own the embedded firmware that drives our robotic modules—the pumps, valves, sensors, and motion systems that physically carry out chemistry. You will take firmware from architecture through production, working closely with electronics, mechanical, and platform-software engineers.

This role places you at the boundary where code becomes real motion and reactions, shaping the layer that turns digital instructions into tangible