Senior Embedded Linux Engineer — Yocto & RTOS

Holt Executive; Essex; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Varied embedded projects

Training and development

Permanent role

Job summary

Holt Executive seeks an experienced Embedded Linux Developer to join a highly technical engineering team in the United Kingdom. You will work across embedded Linux, bare-metal systems, RTOS, device drivers and communications protocols to deliver robust solutions.

This role involves collaboration with FPGA and electronics engineers, software-hardware integration, and contributing to projects from concept to delivery. UK SC clearance eligibility is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing embedded Linux systems for ARM-based platforms.
• Knowledge of device trees, user space, kernel space and SoC platforms.
• Experience with embedded hardware integration and debugging.
• Interest in learning Yocto for custom Linux images.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to embedded engineering projects from early development through delivery.
• Develop software for embedded Linux systems, including ARM-based SoCs.
• Develop software for RTOS and bare-metal embedded systems across MCUs and silicon.
• Support bring-up, board integration, debugging and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with FPGA and electronics engineers to integrate software and hardware.
• Develop and maintain device drivers, embedded applications, algorithms and protocols.
• Diagnose and resolve complex software and system-level issues.
• Document technical information and contribute to development processes.

Skills

Embedded Linux

ARM SoCs

RTOS

Device drivers

C/C++

Tools

Yocto

Linux kernel

Job description

Holt Executive seeks an experienced Embedded Linux Developer to join a highly technical engineering team in the United Kingdom. You will work across embedded Linux, bare-metal systems, RTOS, device drivers and communications protocols to deliver robust solutions.

This role involves collaboration with FPGA and electronics engineers, software-hardware integration, and contributing to projects from concept to delivery. UK SC clearance eligibility is preferred.