Senior Firmware Engineer in Nottingham
19 Days Old
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Job Description
Senior Firmware Engineer
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Salary: Up to £70,000 DOE + Benefits
Location: Nottingham
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KO2's client is looking to add an experienced Senior Firmware Engineer to their growing engineering team. This is a technically focused senior role, offering a strong balance of hands-on embedded development (around 70%) alongside technical leadership (around 30%).
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This opportunity suits an engineer who enjoys staying close to the code while also influencing architecture, project delivery, and technical direction.
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You'll be working on the development of embedded firmware across a range of platforms, contributing to system architecture, guiding project approach, and ensuring high standards of delivery. While this isn't a purely managerial position, it does include responsibility for technical leadership, mentoring, and some line management.
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Responsibilities
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Hands-on development of embedded firmware using C
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Working across bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments
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Contributing to and owning aspects of software system architecture
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Setting technical direction, standards, and best practice
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Supporting project estimation, planning, and delivery approach
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Monitoring progress to ensure work is delivered to the required quality, time, and budget
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Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers
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Conducting 1-to-1s and line management where required
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Collaborating with hardware, systems, and wider engineering teams
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Experience Required
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Strong commercial experience in embedded C / firmware development
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Background working on bare-metal, RTOS, and Linux-based systems
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Experience contributing to firmware or software architecture
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Comfortable balancing hands-on development with leadership responsibilities
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Able to estimate work and support technical project delivery
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Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
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What's on Offer
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Salary up to £70k DOE
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A senior technical role with genuine influence
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A strong mix of coding and leadership
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Opportunity to work on complex embedded systems within a growing team
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If you're a Senior Firmware Engineer looking for a role that still values deep technical contribution alongside leadership, please apply or contact KO2 for more information.
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If you are interested in applying for this job please press the Apply Button and follow the application process. Energy Jobline wishes you the very best of luck in your next career move.
- Location:
- Nottingham
- Job Type:
- FullTime