Principal Embedded Software Engineer – Embedded Safety Systems – £72k + Bonus – Bristol
Are you a highly experienced software engineer looking to take the next step in your career? We’re seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team and play a pivotal role in the development of SAFERTOS products, working across complex embedded systems projects that demand both technical excellence and leadership.
In this role, you will own and deliver projects independently, tackling ambiguous problems with innovative solutions while mentoring and guiding less-experienced engineers. You’ll work with a variety of processor architectures, contribute to safety-critical software development, and help shape best practices across the team.
We’re looking for someone with deep expertise in C and assembler, embedded systems design, and software lifecycle processes, who thrives on solving challenging technical problems and is passionate about driving team growth and excellence. Your ability to combine technical mastery with leadership and collaboration will be key to shaping both projects and people, while making a real impact on the business.
The main skills needed for the Principal Embedded Software Engineer role are:
- C and assembler for embedded systems
- Embedded systems design
- Producing high quality code
- Producing high quality documentation
- Working with a range of architectures
- Configuration management
- Working within a formal software development lifecycle
- Commercial awareness
Highly desirable additional skills, proficiency in at least one of:
- Safety Software Development to standards: IEC 61508, DO 178B/C, ISO26262, IEC 62304
- Experience in networking – TCP, UDP
- Experience in embedded software security
- Multicore devices
Non Technical (but Essential) Attributes:
- Role models expected standards of conduct
- Helps others to understand customer priorities and ensures project delivery across team members
- Ensures work will have greatest business impact and supports others to meet goals
- Owns decisions and mistakes and learns from them, sharing learning with others
- Proactively assesses barriers to project delivery and works to eliminate these
- Leverages insights about customers to inform decisions
- Has a growth mindset and is comfortable trying new approaches, learning and sharing outcomes
- Proactively seeks feedback from manager and peers
- Has self-awareness about strengths and works on areas for development
- Collaborates effectively to achieve deadlines and improve processes
- Builds relationships and drives collaboration across teams and disciplines to achieve positive outcomes
- Proactively shares relevant information on projects with manager and team
- Identifies and supports areas of growth for team members that build on their strengths and address development needs
Salary and Benefits:
- Salary up to £72,000 per annum (Salary depends of experience and skillset bring to the role)
- Hybrid Working 3 Days a week on-site (Flexible Start and Finish Times)
- Annual salary review.
- Annual bonus of % of salary, dependent on Company and individual performance0. (Bonus % depends level of seniority)
- Employer pension contribution of 8% basic salary. This covers the total % required under auto enrolment and means that the employee does not have to make a pension contribution if they do not wish to.
- 3 weeks sickness absence at full pay in the first year rising to 26 weeks after 4 years’ service.
- Income Protection Insurance of 75% of salary covering long term sickness, eligible after 12 months’ service.
- Death in Service insurance (life assurance) providing a lump sum of 7 times salary, enrolled after 3 months’ service.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 26 days after 2 years, 27 days after 5 years and 28 days after 8 years.
- Free access to professional development delivered through our Enterprise Partnership with the IET
- Free on-site parking.
- Modern offices & equipment – sit / stand electric height adjustable desks, dual monitors etc.
My client offers a 3-stage process that can be completed within 2 weeks subject to your availability.
