High Flying Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

Are you an ambitious, high-flying Embedded Software Engineer, excited by joining one of the fastest growing companies in Europe? The business has lots of capital, pays excellent salaries and is offering equity to joiners in 2025. They are at an exciting stage of growth and are looking for 3 hands-on Embedded Software Engineers to design and build the real-time systems powering their first-generation hardware. These are office-based embedded software roles (Central Cambridge) with a clear progression path and the opportunity to carve out a niche. This opportunity is both rare and exceptional in today’s market.

If you’re seeking a standard 9–5 role with minimal challenge, this position is unlikely to be the right fit.

Embedded software engineer requirements

• Minimum 3+ years embedded C (ideally C++ with Rust also interesting)
• Excellent academic background with degree from a top university
• Knowledge of real-time and low-level development (RTOS/bare-metal)
• Proactive, collaborative mindset with ownership of projects

This is a rare chance to make an immediate impact, stay hands-on with development, and help shape the software function of a company that’s scaling fast.

Position details

• Position: Embedded Software Engineer
• Location: Cambridge
• Salary: £60-150k
• Key Skills: embedded C, RTOS, bare-metal, SoCs, MCUs
• Desirable skills: Rust, C++
• Apply: jamie AT enterpriserecruitment DOT com

About the recruiter

I’m not an engineer myself, but I have a BSc in Computer Science and a technical understanding. Feel free to send your CV and I can match you to our other suitable roles. I specialise in recruiting software and electronic engineers for technology companies throughout the UK.