Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Fareham, Hampshire (Hybrid working available)
Salary: £70,000 – £80,000
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Visa Sponsorship Available
An advanced technology company based in Fareham, Hampshire is looking to recruit a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team.
This is a senior-level opportunity for an experienced engineer to lead the development of embedded software and algorithms, working across the full product lifecycle while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence.
The Role
As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer, you will take ownership of the design, development and delivery of embedded software solutions. You will lead technical direction, coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure high-quality delivery across complex engineering projects.
This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and influence product direction.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Delivery
Essential:
For more information or to apply, please contact:
Lewis Phillips
(phone number removed)
(url removed)
Location: Fareham, Hampshire (Hybrid working available)
Salary: £70,000 – £80,000
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Visa Sponsorship Available
An advanced technology company based in Fareham, Hampshire is looking to recruit a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team.
This is a senior-level opportunity for an experienced engineer to lead the development of embedded software and algorithms, working across the full product lifecycle while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence.
The Role
As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer, you will take ownership of the design, development and delivery of embedded software solutions. You will lead technical direction, coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure high-quality delivery across complex engineering projects.
This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and influence product direction.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end development of embedded software and firmware solutions
- Define software architecture and key design decisions
- Coordinate project delivery, ensuring timelines and quality targets are met
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers
- Drive Agile/SCRUM processes including sprint planning and reviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware and systems engineers
- Manage technical risks, dependencies and trade-offs across projects
- Act as a key technical interface for internal and external stakeholders
- Develop embedded firmware using C and low-level programming techniques
- Design, implement, debug and test software for embedded systems
- Develop and optimise algorithms using tools such as Python or MATLAB
- Work on low-level drivers and hardware interaction
- Support system integration and troubleshooting on embedded platforms
- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
Essential:
- Degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
- Strong experience in embedded software development using C
- Proven experience leading or coordinating technical projects
- Experience working across the full software development lifecycle
- Strong understanding of software architecture and system design
- Hands-on experience with embedded systems debugging and development
- Experience using version control tools such as Git or SVN
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
- Experience with high-level languages such as Python, MATLAB or LabVIEW
- Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) or similar algorithms
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Familiarity with test-driven development or behaviour-driven development
- Salary £70,000 – £80,000
- Senior, technically influential role within a growing engineering team
- Opportunity to lead projects and mentor engineers
- Work on advanced technology and complex systems
- Hybrid working and strong benefits package
- Visa sponsorship available
For more information or to apply, please contact:
Lewis Phillips
(phone number removed)
(url removed)