Lorien
Embedded Software Engineer
Embedded Software Engineer at Lorien, based in Portsmouth, South East England, paying £50.00 - £60.00 per hour. This is a contract role.
- Pay
- £50.00 - £60.00 per hour
- Hours and contract
- Contract · On site
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Software Developer
About 13% above the going rate for software developer
Reference 57477899
About the role
Embedded Software Engineer
Contract - Inside IR35
Portsmouth
We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to support a small, enthusiastic team of engineers delivering innovative technology solutions for our key customers.
What you will do
- Prototype innovative wireless solutions.
- Develop embedded software and firmware in C/C++, mainly on platforms such as Microblaze or RISC-V.
- Work in an agile environment to build prototypes.
- Take proven prototypes forward to a deployment-ready standard.
- Work with embedded Linux, including tools such as Buildroot and Yocto.
- Configure U-Boot, kernel and device trees.
- Build and deploy embedded Linux systems in offline environments.
Essential skills
- Experience programming embedded systems in C/C++.
- Experience with bare-metal and embedded Linux environments.
- Experience with Linux device drivers, including DMA, interrupts and device trees.
- Knowledge of digital signal processing.
- Knowledge of software defined radio.
- Please note due to the nature of this role candidates must either hold current SC clearance or be willing to go through the SC clearance process.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Reference: 57477899 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 1 Dec 2026 · Listed via Lorien
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