Contract Senior System Engineer
Cambridge: Hybrid (2 days on site)
Contract: 2 Years, Inside IR35
Rate: Flexible
Want real influence across every discipline of a connected hardware product, rather than staying boxed into one layer of the stack?
We're working with a fast-growing connected-device business building an advanced IoT hardware product with real system architecture and connectivity complexity. They need a Senior System Engineer to shape requirements across system, hardware, embedded, ATE, software and integration, contribute to design decisions in each discipline, and lead proof-of-concept and field testing.
What You'll Bring
Experience in system engineering of multidisciplinary hardware products
Background working with communication products, embedded systems, hardware or RF
A natural problem-solver who works well both independently and in a team
Quick to get to grips with new, complex IoT concepts and weigh up alternative approaches
Comfortable operating on projects that demand real technical depth across disciplinesAlso Valued
Comfortable in a Linux environment
Experience with Atlassian tools and/or Azure DevOps
Curiosity about applying agentic AI to discovery and innovation work
Coding ability in C, C#, Java or Python
Familiarity with RF technologies such as BLE, WiFi, LTE-M or LoRa
Some backend or serverless systems knowledge
Exposure to cloud infrastructure for IoT productsIf you want genuine cross-disciplinary ownership on a technically rich product, this is a role where that scope is real.
Keen to discuss further?
Option 1: Click the apply button (don't worry, we'll discuss your CV before submitting).
Option 2: Drop me a message on LinkedIn (Rachel Bush – SoCode Recruitment)
