Senior Embedded Software Engineer: High-Performance Systems

Copello Global; North East; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Copello Global is partnering with a leading defence electronics organisation to recruit an Embedded Software Engineer. You will design and develop embedded software in C/C++, maintain Embedded Linux and RTOS applications, and support board bring‑up and system integration.

You will work on secure software solutions, investigate issues via root cause analysis, and document technical work while collaborating with cross‑functional teams on cutting‑edge high‑performance systems.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing embedded software in professional environments.
• Strong knowledge of C/C++ and real-time systems is essential.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux, Yocto and debugging tools required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded software using C/C++.
• Develop and maintain Embedded Linux and RTOS applications.
• Support board bring-up, debugging and system integration activities.
• Develop communication protocols and networking interfaces.
• Design secure software solutions and support system hardening.
• Investigate and resolve software issues through root cause analysis.
• Produce technical documentation and work with cross-functional teams.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time embedded systems

GDB debugging

Networking protocols

Embedded Linux

Tools

Yocto

RTOS

Bare-metal

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux kernel

Job description

Copello Global is partnering with a leading defence electronics organisation to recruit an Embedded Software Engineer. You will design and develop embedded software in C/C++, maintain Embedded Linux and RTOS applications, and support board bring‑up and system integration.

You will work on secure software solutions, investigate issues via root cause analysis, and document technical work while collaborating with cross‑functional teams on cutting‑edge high‑performance systems.