At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to develop innovative hardware products and ensure they meet customer needs.
- Company: Join Tracsis, a rapidly growing tech company shaping the future of transport technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hours, 25 days holiday, competitive salary, and a Udemy learning licence.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic environment with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a hands-on leadership role with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong embedded systems background and experience leading engineering teams.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We're hiring a Lead Embedded Systems Engineer to lead a multidisciplinary team of hardware and embedded software engineers delivering a portfolio of hardware products. Acting as the voice of the customer, you'll work closely with internal stakeholders, external clients, and development teams to ensure our products meet customer needs and align with wider business strategy. This is a hands‑on leadership role, combining technical direction, team development, and delivery ownership across the full product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of hardware and embedded engineers
- Own technical direction across multiple hardware products
- Drive architecture, design quality, and engineering standards
- Collaborate with product and manufacturing teams to deliver reliably
- Manage delivery, risk, and trade‑offs across concurrent initiatives
- Support prototyping, production, and issue resolution
Qualifications
- Strong background in embedded systems (C/C++)
- Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS or bare‑metal development
- Strong background in hardware design
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
- Track record delivering products from concept to production
- Strong stakeholder communication and decision‑making skills
Desirable
- Experience in regulated environments
- Experience with common hardware interfaces and communication protocols such as UART, RS485, RS422, I2C, SPI, and Ethernet, as well as embedded debugging and diagnostic tools
- Experience with embedded testing, CI, and automation
Ready to make an impact? Our talented people are creating the technology of the future Hybrid - Derby. From scheduling to maintenance to keeping people safe, 2.7 million people are helped by our software daily. Technology makes it possible; people make it happen and you could be part of that. The Tracsis Group has grown rapidly, diversifying into related transport technologies, and successfully executing a strategy that has seen it make a total of seventeen acquisitions. Today Tracsis is a leading provider of software, hardware, data analytics/GIS and services for the rail, traffic data and wider transport industries. The Group has c.550 permanent employees serving its growing customer base from offices in the UK, Ireland and the US.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours to support work‑life balance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Competitive salary
- Udemy Licence for learning and development
- Bupa Medical Health care
- Life assurance (3x basic salary)
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- 2 volunteering days per year
- Tusker Car Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Lead Embedded Systems Engineer employer: Tracsis plc
At Tracsis Group, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. As a Lead Embedded Systems Engineer in Derby, you'll enjoy flexible working hours, a competitive salary, and numerous opportunities for professional growth through our Udemy learning platform. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of transport technology while benefiting from a supportive environment that values work-life balance and employee well-being.
