KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions, based in Northwich, North West, paying £85,000 per annum. This is a permanent role with remote working.
- Pay
- £85,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · Remote
- Location
- Northwich, North West
- Closing date
- Sector
- Software Developer
About 18% above the going rate for software developer
Reference 642870976975476602
About the role
Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary: Up to £85,000 plus equity
Location: Fully remote, UK wide (company events in Cheshire)
This is not one of those roles where you inherit a dusty codebase and a twelve month backlog of bug tickets. It's a genuinely novel piece of engineering in one of the most consequential sectors in the country, and our client is after a proper seasoned firmware engineer to take the technical lead on the device side.
The opportunity
Our client builds intelligent connected hardware for the energy sector: devices at the very edge of the grid that talk to all manner of third party equipment over multiple radios and wired protocols, reporting securely back to the cloud. The engineering team is deliberately small and exceptionally senior, and they've invested heavily in AI driven development pipelines to accelerate the build. They don't want an army; they want a handful of very capable engineers who can steer those tools intelligently and bring the deep hardware understanding no model can replace.
The technology
- ESP32 handling comms: WiFi and BLE now, Thread next, multi radio beyond that
- Multiple RP2040 class microcontrollers running the bulk of the application firmware
- A dedicated processor acting as security firewall and orchestrator
- STM32 class parts, FreeRTOS, embedd...
Reference: 642870976975476602 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 8 Dec 2026 · Listed via KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions
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