Embedded Linux Software Engineer

Embedded Linux Software Engineer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 days home) Salary: Up to 60,000 + Bonus

Our client, a well-established and growing engineering business based in Manchester, is looking for an experienced Embedded Linux Software Engineer to join their software development team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on complex, physical product-based systems with long product lifecycles, contributing to system architecture and low-level embedded development within a collaborative, technically-driven environment.

You'll be working on resource-constrained embedded platforms, helping shape system architecture, and developing robust, high-quality software for real-world hardware applications.

The Role

As Embedded Linux Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and developing software for embedded systems, working closely with hardware and firmware teams to deliver reliable, well-architected solutions.

You'll bring strong object-oriented development skills and genuine embedded Linux expertise to a business that values engineering rigour and long-term product thinking.

Essential Experience

• Experience developing for embedded Linux systems, with in-depth knowledge of system architecture design

• Experience developing commercial object-oriented applications using a C-like language, ideally C++ or C#

• Experience developing for resource-constrained embedded platforms

• Experience developing large-scale applications using Git version control Desirable Experience

• Experience developing GUI applications for embedded Linux systems

• A strong appreciation of the hardware environment your software runs within

• Professional experience developing applications in C#

• Development within the Debian ecosystem, including CI/CD

• Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio

• Experience developing for HMI-based systems

• Demonstrable knowledge of XAML/WPF development using the MVVM pattern

• Experience with Agile methodologies such as SAFe

• Knowledge of machine-to-machine communication protocols and technologies (e.g. Fieldbus, industrial Ethernet protocols, MQTT) What's on Offer

• Salary up to 60,000, dependent on experience

• Annual bonus scheme

• Hybrid working - 2 days from home per week

• The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful engineering challenges within a stable, product-focused business If you're an embedded software engineer with a strong grounding in Linux systems and object-oriented development, and you're looking to bring your skills to a business building genuinely impactful products, we'd love to hear from you.