Senior Firmware Engineer

Elev8 Recruitment Ltd; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A medical device manufacturer seeks an experienced Embedded Firmware Engineer to join their R&D team in the Liverpool City Region. You'll work on critical life-support devices, improving legacy C code and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This hybrid position allows flexibility with remote work, and offers 70k plus benefits. Ideal candidates have a strong background in embedded systems and enjoy tackling challenges without corporate red tape.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Hands-on lab work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in regulated industries such as aerospace, automotive, or medical.
• Proficient in writing embedded C code.
• Ability to debug and improve legacy systems.

Responsibilities

• Debug and improve legacy C code on memory-constrained microcontrollers.
• Work on life-support medical devices and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with a small R&D team in hands-on projects.

Skills

C programming for embedded systems

Experience in regulated industries

Debugging legacy code

Understanding of IEC 62304

Hands-on lab experience

Job description

Embedded Firmware Engineer | Medical Devices | Hybrid (Remote + some office work in Cheshire)

Fed up with "agile sprints" where nothing actually ships?

Here's something different.

Medical device manufacturer needs an embedded firmware engineer who can work with real code, not just talk about it.

The work

Life-support equipment. Oxygen systems, breathing devices - stuff that actually matters.

You'll be debugging and improving legacy C code on memory-constrained microcontrollers. RTOS or bare-metal. Adding new features - wireless comms, connectivity - without breaking what already works.

This isn't "let's rewrite everything because the last guy didn't use our preferred design pattern." It's pragmatic engineering. Make it work, make it right, make it fast.

Regulated environment (IEC 62304, 60601), but if you're coming from aerospace or automotive, they'll train you on the medical side.

The reality

Small R&D team. Hands-on lab work with proper test equipment - oscilloscopes, climatic chambers, gas testing rigs. Not just staring at a screen all day.

Hybrid working - occasional travel to Cheshire when needed. But as long as the projects get completed, the Manager is flexible in terms of where you work.

What you get

70k + benefits. The satisfaction of knowing your code keeps people alive. No corporate buzzword bingo.

You’ll love this if you

• Write solid C for embedded systems and don't need to be told why malloc() is a bad idea in safety‑critical firmware
• Have 5+ years in a regulated industry - aerospace, automotive, medical, defence
• Enjoy the detective work of legacy code - understanding why it was built that way, and how to improve it without breaking everything
• Prefer solving real problems over architectural purity
• Want to work on medical devices without the bureaucracy of big pharma

Interested?

Apply now

No cover letter needed. Just tell me what embedded systems you've worked on and what regulatory standards you've dealt with