Embedded SW Engineer - SC Cleared

Embedded Software Engineer + SC Cleared role + Long term contract + Paying up to £65 per hour + Hybrid working from Portsmouth Role Overview The role of Embedded Software Engineer is required due to increased demand for…

Hybrid IT
Pay rate £58 – £65/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 14 August 2026

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About this contract

Embedded Software Engineer

+ SC Cleared role
+ Long term contract

+ Paying up to £65 per hour

+ Hybrid working from Portsmouth

Role Overview

The role of Embedded Software Engineer is required due to increased demand for the work of our Advanced Developments Group - a small team of highly innovative, enthusiastic engineers providing cutting edge technology solutions to our key customers.

Responsibilities

Use your skills and knowledge to prototype innovative wireless solutions
You will be primarily developing using C/C++ on embedded platforms
Development of embedded software/firmware prototypes in an agile environment
Further development of proven prototypes to a deployment standard
Development of software in a real-time embedded environment using Linux. (e.g. Microblaze or RISC-V using C/C++)
Experience of working with and configuring embedded Linux systems with tools such as Buildroot and Yocto
Experience of working with Uboot, Kernel config and device trees
Building and deploying embedded Linux systems in an offline environment

Skill Set

Essential

Experience programming Embedded Systems using C/C++
Experience of bare-metal and embedded Linux environments
Experience of linux device drivers including DMA, Interrupts, and Device Trees
Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing
Knowledge of Software Defined Radio

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