R&D Embedded Software Design Engineer

ENVEA is one of the world's leading companies in the field of environmental and industrial instrumentation, analysis and measurement. Since it was founded in 1978, ENVEA has designed, manufactured and marketed equipment for the continuous measurement of ambient air, emissions and industrial processes, as well as data processing software. A true flagship of French Industry and a pioneer in technology, throughout its history ENVEA has placed environmental protection and sustainable innovation at the heart of the development of its measuring instruments, its strategy and its founding values.

As an R&D Embedded Software Engineer, you will join a high-calibre international team dedicated to developing sophisticated sensing solutions. Our mission is to monitor environmental emissions and optimize industrial efficiency through advanced instrumentation. Our Centre of Expertise focuses on precision measurement within harsh industrial environments—ranging from detecting dust at (mg/m3) concentrations to monitoring solid mass flow at (tons/hours). We achieve this by leveraging a diverse technological portfolio, including laser scattering, electrodynamics, capacitance, microwave, and ultrasonic technologies.

The Role

Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers, you will develop integrated hardware and embedded software for our innovative sensor range. You will take ownership of the full software lifecycle—from initial system design and firmware implementation to rigorous testing and hardware deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Algorithm & Compliance: Implement and validate metrological algorithms, ensuring all software meets QAL/AMS emission monitoring certifications and SIL functional safety standards.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Maintain and optimize our existing product portfolio, adapting embedded components to support hardware design iterations.
• Cross-Platform Integration: Contribute to the development, testing, and deployment of software interfaces across PC, tablet, and smartphone platforms.
• Technical Documentation: Produce and maintain high-quality design, functional, and test documentation to facilitate device approvals and the creation of user manuals.

Essential skills

• Bare-metal programming in C and C++, targeting various 8/16/32-bit processors from Renesas, Microchip and STM.
• Programming for RTOS e.g. Zephyr, FreeRTOS.
• Programming for a range of peripherals (RTC, SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, ADCs, USB).
• Understanding of industrial communications protocols (Modbus and other Fieldbus).
• Automated unit testing, using tools such as Razorcat Tessy and PC Lint.
• CI/CD pipeline expertise, working with platforms like Jenkins, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
• Version control management with GIT.
• Build tool experience, including GNU Make and CMake.
• Familiarity with MISRA C Coding Standards for software development compliance.
• Team collaboration, capable of working within a broader software team and conducting peer code reviews.
• Legacy code maintenance, handling bug fixes and software updates throughout a product’s lifecycle.

Education: Degree in a relevant field or equivalent industrial experience.

Desirable Skills

• Safety-certified code design experience.
• Knowledge of ISO 28119 software testing standards.
• ISTQB-certified tester qualification.
• Software development for Linux, Android, RTOS, and AWS environments.
• Analog and digital hardware design understanding, including schematic and PCB layout interpretation.
• Embedded software testing at the hardware level.
• FPGA programming and VHDL experience.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Applicants must have the existing right to work in the UK. We work in a cross-border, collaborative environment with ENVEA development teams in France, US, Finland, Germany and the UK. Our core team is located in Cambridge, UK, and Schliengen, Germany. Our collaborative environment uses MS Teams/SharePoint/Office 365 and JIRA/Confluence to work together. Effective communication and teamworking skills are essential. We organise our work in an agile manner where possible to achieve our targets. The working language is English; knowledge of German is beneficial. The role is based in our office in Swavesey, Cambridge UK. Join us in engineering a cleaner, more efficient industrial world.