Senior Firmware Engineer

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Senior Firmware Engineer\n\nSalary: Up to £70,000 DOE + Benefits\n Location: Nottingham\n\nKO2'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%).\n\nThis opportunity suits an engineer who enjoys staying close to the code while also influencing architecture, project delivery, and technical direction.\n\nYou'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.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nHands-on development of embedded firmware using C\nWorking across bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments\nContributing to and owning aspects of software system architecture\nSetting technical direction, standards, and best practice\nSupporting project estimation, planning, and delivery approach\nMonitoring progress to ensure work is delivered to the required quality, time, and budget\nProviding technical leadership and mentoring to engineers\nConducting 1-to-1s and line management where required\nCollaborating with hardware, systems, and wider engineering teamsExperience Required\n\nStrong commercial experience in embedded C / firmware development\nBackground working on bare-metal, RTOS, and Linux-based systems\nExperience contributing to firmware or software architecture\nComfortable balancing hands-on development with leadership responsibilities\nAble to estimate work and support technical project delivery\nStrong communication skills and a collaborative mindsetWhat's on Offer\n\nSalary up to £70k DOE\nA senior technical role with genuine influence\nA strong mix of coding and leadership\nOpportunity to work on complex embedded systems within a growing teamIf 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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Location:
Nottingham
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Technology

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