Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

Senior IoT Engineer to design, build, and scale the connected hardware powering the Energy Network. You will work hands-on across embedded systems, networking, device security, and fleet connectivity from prototype to deployment. Collaborate with firmware, hardware, and backend teams to deliver secure, production-ready devices with robust telemetry. This role supports a decentralised platform that rewards users and strengthens grid stability, enabling scalable energy solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity sign-on bonus
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match needs
• Paid annual leave
• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain connectivity across Ethernet, Wi‑Fi, Thread, Zigbee, and BLE
• Build and optimise secure device messaging using MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, or WebSockets
• Support accurate time synchronisation using NTP or PTP
• Contribute to secure boot flows, key provisioning, and hardware-backed identities
• Design and maintain signed firmware update pipelines with OTA and rollback
• Ensure secure provisioning and vulnerability management across device lifecycles
• Integrate devices with cloud IoT platforms and backend services
• Define telemetry, health monitoring, and observability for deployed devices
• Support field operation reliability, debugging fleet issues, and improving resilience
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready devices and document interfaces
• Participate in design reviews and engineering best-practices sharing

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years building connected embedded products or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems with RTOS such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS
• Experience with Python for testing, tooling, or automation
• Solid understanding of IP networking and common transport/application protocols
• Experience implementing secure device communications using TLS, certificates, or provisioning workflows
• Familiarity with firmware update systems, bootloaders, CI/CD for embedded software
• Practical debugging with tools like logic analyzers, protocol analysers, network sniffers, or observability platforms
• Strong problem-solving and cross-domain collaboration abilities

• strong problem-solving
• cross-functional collaboration
• proactive communication
• C/C++ for embedded systems
• RTOS (Zephyr or FreeRTOS)
• Python scripting

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