Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Permanent

Location: Shipley (Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite)

Salary: up to £60,000 dependent on experience

Industry: Utilities

About the Client

Our client are a leading UK provider of smart, sustainable heat-network solutions, specialising in end-to-end services for local authorities, housing associations, and private developers. With decades of experience, their expertise ranges from design and build through to operation, metering, billing, and optimisation. Their mission centres on driving energy efficiency, reducing carbon, and delivering reliable, affordable heat for residents.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join a growing R&D and engineering function developing innovative technology for the energy sector.

Based in Shipley, West Yorkshire, this is an opportunity to take a senior technical role in the development of production-ready embedded systems, helping shape technical direction across multiple products. You’ll work closely with software and hardware engineers to design and deliver robust solutions spanning energy management, real-time control and connected IoT devices.

This role would suit an experienced embedded engineer who can bring technical expertise and seniority to the team, with particularly strong experience in C/C++, embedded systems and STM32 microcontrollers.

How you’ll spend your day

You'll play a key role in designing, developing and improving embedded software across a range of products, combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership and collaboration across the wider R&D function.

* Design and develop complex, production-ready embedded software solutions for energy management and control systems.

* Architect and implement embedded applications using C/C++, working across RTOS and bare-metal environments.

* Provide technical leadership and help shape the software architecture and technical direction across multiple product lines.

* Develop software for ARM-based microcontrollers, with a particular focus on STM32 devices.

* Design and support real-time systems, including feedback and control loops used within instrumentation and control applications.

* Work closely with hardware engineers to troubleshoot, debug and optimise embedded systems using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes and logic analysers.

* Develop and support communication interfaces and prot...