Flight Control Software Engineer

Contract Embedded Linux Engineer

Oxford | 6 Months | Hybrid | Outside IR35 | £600 per day

This is a contract for engineers who are comfortable below the application layer. You'll be working with a specialist engineering SME developing robust, portable electronic systems where performance, stability and hardware integration genuinely matter. The focus is Embedded Linux at the lower levels – bootloaders, kernel and device drivers – not high‑level UI work.

• Developing and modifying Linux device drivers
• Working on boot loader development (e.g. U‑Boot)
• Supporting kernel configuration, optimisation and debugging
• Hardware bring‑up and board support package (BSP) work
• Debugging at the hardware/software boundary
• Supporting video or streaming pipelines where relevant (e.g. GStreamer)
• Working closely with electronics engineers to ensure software integrates cleanly with custom hardware platforms

• Strong experience with Embedded Linux (kernel + driver development)
• Boot loader experience (U‑Boot or similar)
• Solid C
• Experience with BSPs, cross‑compilation and build systems (Yocto / Buildroot beneficial)
• Experience with ARM‑based platforms
• This is a technically hands‑on role in a small, capable team where you're trusted to deliver without layers of bureaucracy.

• 6‑month initial contract
• Outside IR35
• £600 per day
• Hybrid working (Oxford‑based, onsite as needed for hardware integration)

If you enjoy working close to the metal and solving real embedded challenges rather than sitting in abstraction layers, this contract is worth a conversation.

Does this sound interesting to you or anyone else in your network? Get in touch for immediate, confidential consideration.