Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Ealing Area - With Hybrid Working from Home

Salary: Up to £80,000 + Extensive Benefits

The Role

KO2's client is looking for a Lead Embedded Software Engineer to drive the development of robust, scalable embedded software solutions for next-generation electric products. This role combines hands-on technical delivery with small-team leadership, offering the opportunity to influence architecture, mentor engineers, and shape the future direction of embedded platforms.

You will play a key role across the full product lifecycle - from early-stage prototyping and system design through to production, manufacturing, and long-term product support - while helping build engineering best practices and delivery capability within the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of high-quality embedded software that is efficient, maintainable, scalable, and production-ready
• Provide technical leadership to a small embedded software team, supporting task planning, technical direction, mentoring, and code reviews
• Collaborate closely with hardware, systems, and manufacturing teams to support board bring-up, debugging, integration, and system validation
• Own key architectural decisions, helping define software frameworks, coding standards, development proce...]]>