Technical Futures Ltd
Embedded Software Engineer with Yocto
Embedded Software Engineer with Yocto at Technical Futures Ltd, based in Birmingham, West Midlands (Region). This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands (Region)
- Closing date
- Sector
- Software Developer
Reference 57563928
About the role
An Embedded Software Engineer with experience of using Yocto to create custom Linux distributions will join the talented multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers within a small Technical Consultancy offering diverse work, friendly working environment and competitive salary package with Company bonus.
In this challenging Embedded Software Engineer role you’ll work on a range of projects across Industries from Medical, Smart Home, IoT, Energy and Defence to Communications, Scientific as well as getting involved with AI.
This Technical Consultancy will allow the successful Embedded Software Engineer to broaden their technical knowledge, work closely with Clients and to contribute their own ideas to solve real-world challenges. It would be great to see applications from Embedded Software Engineers who have commercial experience across a variety of industries.
You must possess at least 1-2 years’ commercial experience involving Embedded Software Development, possess solid experience of building Yocto frameworks (BitBake, Recipes, Layers) and be familiar with Embedded Linux.
You must be fully eligible to work in the UK (sorry we cannot consider Graduate Visa’s) and bring a good academic history.
In this Embedded Software Engineer (Yocto) role you’ll have responsibility for a range of tasks such as building and maintaining Yocto based Linux distributions; writing and debugging firmware for microcontrollers, bare metal or FreeRTOS; working across the stack from bootloader and kernel drivers down to real time firmware as well as supporting products in the field.
What you should bring to this Embedded Software Engineer role:
- Post-graduate commercial Embedded Software development experience.
- Hands-on experience with Yocto Project (Layers, Recipes, BitBake).
- Embedded Linux experience.
- Experience with FreeRTOS or another RTOS.
- C/C++ development for Microcontrollers.
- Familiarity with debugging tools and reading schematics.
- Good communication skills with confidence to work closely with customers.
- Minimum of 2.1 Bachelors Degree in Electronics, computer Science or similar.
A competitive salary package will be offered to the successful Embedded Linux Software Engineer (depending on your level of experience) with Hybrid working, Company Bonus scheme, 26 days holiday, Private Healthcare and Pension.
Reference: 57563928 · Posted 1 hour ago · Closes 24 Dec 2026 · Listed via Technical Futures Ltd
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