Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - Technical Lead

Redline Group; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Mental health support

Hybrid working

Job summary

Redline Group is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Technical Lead) in the Fareham area to drive end-to-end embedded software projects for consumer electronics. The role requires a strong background in bare-metal firmware, C/Assembler, and hardware interaction, with leadership responsibilities and hands-on mentoring.

Hybrid working is offered with a competitive salary around £80,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• BSc or BEng in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a similar subject.
• Extensive post-graduate experience in software or firmware engineering.
• Proven experience in a functional leadership or technical lead role, including project delivery and mentoring engineers.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional embedded software projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of embedded software and capacitive sensing algorithms.
• Define and drive software architecture and firmware design decisions.
• Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and customer expectations are met.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers.
• Facilitate Agile/SCRUM processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IC design, hardware, and applications.
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Act as a technical interface with customers, supporting system integration.
• Develop firmware using Embedded C and Assembler.
• Model-based design using Python, MATLAB or similar tools.
• Design, simulate, and optimise touch sensing and signal processing algorithms.
• Develop and debug low-level drivers for MCU peripherals.
• Support integration with customer hardware and operating systems.
• Work within a continuous delivery environment for consumer electronics.

Skills

Embedded software

Leadership

C/Assembler

Low-level drivers

Hardware integration

Python

MATLAB

DSP

TDD/BDD

Defect tracking tools

Education

BSc/BEng in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Redline Group is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Technical Lead) in the Fareham area to drive end-to-end embedded software projects for consumer electronics. The role requires a strong background in bare-metal firmware, C/Assembler, and hardware interaction, with leadership responsibilities and hands-on mentoring.

Hybrid working is offered with a competitive salary around £80,000 plus benefits.