Embedded Software Team Lead

Salary: £65,000 - 70,000 per year

• Technical skills required:
• Embedded/Microcontroller development
• Knowledge of Communications Protocols/Internet Technologies (TCP/IP, Network sockets, HTTP, HTML)
• Linux based platform development
• Bare Metal development
• Driver development
• Languages:
  
  C, also python and C++ are desirable
• Object-Oriented Design, UML, XML

• The role:
• Lead the team of Embedded Engineers, who will be assigned to various projects within the organisation
• Provide on-going support and advice to members of the team
• Help provide quotations and estimates to our customers
• Work with customers to solicit their requirements and architect solutions
• Hands-on role, involving project development work
• Experience:
• Aptitude for problem-solving and the ability to quickly pick up new concepts/technologies
• Experience in requirements analysis, software design, implementation and testing.
• The ability to lead by example, correctly implementing standards and procedures without guidance, ensuring that other more junior engineers adhere to quality standards and approved working practices.
• Experience of team leading/project management.
• Responsibility for Architecture and Major design decisions.
• Strong technical skills in current and evolving languages and technologies and the ability to pass on knowledge to those working around them.
• Good interpersonal skills and direct customer interaction.
• Work experience in BS EN ISO
  9001/Safety related in one of the following industries:
  Industrial automation, Medical, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Defence, Automotive or Rail real-time systems.
• The ability to write clear and concise technical reports, specifications and user documentation.

• AWS
• Android
• Architect
• Cloud
• Embedded
• HTTP
• Linux
• Network
• PHP
• Python
• SQLite
• TCP/IP
• UML
• XML
• iOS
• C++

What we do:

Zircon helps create software that drives the future in a wide range of industries and across embedded, application, cloud and enterprise systems. Our projects are focused on high reliability and high availability.

Our benefits:
Pension Scheme
Private Medical
Private Dental
Life Insurance
Company bonus
Flexible working hours
25 Days Holiday + three to four days between Christmas and New Years + Bank Holidays
Remote working with one day in the office

last updated 8 week of 2026

Embedded Software Team Lead
• Trowbridge, South West, United Kingdom