Embedded Software Engineer
Job Title: Embedded Software / Baseband Platform Integration
Location: Farnborough, United Kingdom
Contract: 12 Months
Start Date: March 2026
An exciting opportunity has opened for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join a leading semiconductor organisation working on next-generation wireless and IoT chipsets.
This role sits within the Baseband Platform Integration team, where you will develop the embedded software environment used to validate complex SoC hardware and firmware during the pre-silicon phase. You will work closely with ASIC, firmware, and system teams to ensure successful integration of modem hardware blocks and low-level DSP software before silicon tape-out.
This is a highly technical role working with advanced SoC architectures, modem technologies, and hardware emulation platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software test environments used for validating SoC hardware and low-level firmware during pre-silicon development.
- Create unit tests to validate integration of modem hardware blocks within LTE/5G systems.
- Develop unit tests for DSP-based firmware functions used in low-level physical layer implementations.
- Build and maintain automated regression and non-regression testing frameworks.
- Write detailed verification plans, validation reports, and documentation.
- Execute validation on hardware emulation platforms.
- Work closely with hardware, firmware, and system integration teams to identify and resolve issues early in the development cycle.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong programming skills in Python and Embedded C/C++
- Good understanding of SoC architecture, including:
- CPU
- Cache
- Memory subsystems
- DMA
- Network-on-Chip (NoC)
- Experience working with embedded systems in ASIC development environments
- Experience developing low-level drivers and hardware/software integration
- Comfortable working in Linux environments
- Experience with Git or other version control systems
Desirable
- Knowledge of LTE / 5G NR physical layer or signal processing