Staff Firmware Engineer

Rise Technical Recruitment; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer in Nottingham. The role involves technical ownership of embedded firmware for next-gen connected products, with responsibilities including developing C/C++ firmware, leading quality improvements, and ensuring connectivity with wireless technologies like BLE. Candidates must have strong embedded C/C++ experience, ideally with Nordic SoCs, and a leadership mindset. This opportunity offers real technical ownership and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Technical progression

26 Days Annual Leave

Bank Holidays

Benefits

Qualifications

• Deep embedded firmware experience in C/C++.
• Experience with Nordic SoCs or similar low-power architectures.
• Experience implementing testing frameworks and OTA updates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize C/C++ firmware for Nordic SoCs in RTOS/bare-metal environments.
• Drive firmware standards, quality improvements, and validation practices.
• Lead technical ownership of embedded firmware across new and existing products.

Skills

Embedded C/C++ experience

Leadership mindset

Knowledge of Nordic SoCs

Low-power system experience

Testing frameworks

Job description

Staff Firmware Engineer

Nottingham

70,000- 90,000 + Technical Progression + 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays + Benefits

Excellent opportunity for a Staff Firmware Engineer to join a highly innovative business where you will become the technical authority for embedded firmware, set best practice across development and quality, and take ownership of the firmware roadmap for new and existing products.

This company have ambitions to become a household name by building upon a stellar reputation built within elite and professional sports, and are now investing heavily in next-generation connected products.

In this role, you'll take end-to-end ownership of firmware across their platforms, acting as the go-to expert for embedded systems. You'll develop C/C++ firmware for Nordic SoCs (nRF52/nRF53), working within RTOS or bare-metal environments to deliver ultra-reliable low-power performance. You'll lead improvements to firmware standards, testing and validation, and drive reliability and maintainability across production and field performance. You'll also integrate wireless communication technologies such as BLE, ANT+, and Wi‑Fi, and work closely with electronics, mechanical, app, cloud, and manufacturing partners to ensure seamless connectivity and performance.

The ideal candidate will have deep embedded firmware experience (C/C++), strong exposure to Nordic SoCs or similar low-power architectures, and the leadership mindset to take accountability for technical decisions, process, and outcomes. Experience implementing robust testing frameworks, bootloaders, OTA updates, and system diagnostics would be advantageous.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious company during a truly exciting period in their history offering a technically fascinating position, real technical ownership, and the chance to make a substantial contribution to future product direction.

The Role:

• Technical ownership of embedded firmware across new and existing connected products
• Develop and optimise C/C++ firmware for Nordic SoCs (nRF52/nRF53) in RTOS/bare-metal environments
• Drive firmware standards, quality improvements, and testing/validation best practice
• Integrate connectivity (BLE/ANT+/Wi‑Fi) and collaborate across hardware, app, cloud and manufacturing teams
• Hybrid working from Nottingham (2-3 days per week)

The Person:

• Staff/Senior Firmware Engineer with strong embedded C/C++ experience (microcontroller-based systems)
• Proven ownership mindset, able to lead technical decisions and raise engineering standards
• Strong experience with low‑power systems and RTOS or bare-metal environments
• Good connectivity knowledge (BLE plus ideally ANT+ and/or Wi‑Fi)
• Commutable to the Nottingham area

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.