Principal Embedded Engineer

An established engineering organisation is looking for a Principal Embedded Engineer to provide technical leadership and help shape the development of its embedded software and firmware capability.

This is a senior technical leadership position combining hands-on embedded engineering with strategic direction, giving you the opportunity to establish engineering processes, develop technical capability, mentor engineers, and provide technical authority across a range of complex embedded systems.

You will lead the development and growth of an embedded engineering capability spanning microcontrollers, SoCs, FPGAs, embedded software and firmware.

Key responsibilities will include:

Providing technical leadership, governance and oversight across embedded development activities
Establishing and improving engineering processes, workflows and best practices
Leading the development of reusable software modules and libraries
Planning and delivering embedded software and firmware work packages
Translating system and customer requirements into clear software and firmware specifications
Developing system and software architectures and overseeing detailed design
Defining verification strategies, validation plans and test procedures
Ensuring traceability between requirements, design and verification
Producing high-quality technical documentation and engineering reports
Ensuring deliverables meet required quality, compliance and safety standards
Supporting estimates, bids, proposals and engineering change activities
Working closely with hardware, software and systems engineering teams
Supporting the integration of embedded software and hardware platforms
Mentoring and developing engineers across different levels of experience
Supporting recruitment, onboarding and the management of internal engineers and specialist contractors
Required Experience & Skills

HNC/HND or degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
Extensive experience working with microcontrollers, SoCs, FPGA-based systems and embedded software
Strong embedded C/C++ development experience
Experience defining and implementing engineering processes
Ability to develop specifications, architectures, verification strategies and test procedures
Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers
Strong understanding of current embedded, microcontroller, SoC and FPGA technologies
Ability to make appropriate technology selections based on requirements, risk, cost and timescales
Desirable Experience

Hardware Description Languages, particularly VHDL
FPGA simulation and verification tools
Experience delivering safety-related systems or working to standards such as SIL or ASIL
Experience working across both hardware and embedded software development
Experience developing reusable engineering frameworks, libraries or platforms
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced embedded engineer to take a significant technical leadership position, helping to shape embedded engineering capability, processes and technical direction while remaining closely involved in the development of complex embedded systems.

Due to the nature of the projects involved, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance at SC level.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed