Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Role: Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Fordsham, Cheshire

salary: £60,000 to £70,000

When it comes to engineering medical technologies used at the point of need, whether in a GP surgery, an ICU, or a specialist hospital department, our client is setting new benchmarks for innovation, safety, and quality. Their devices are designed to prolong life, support clinicians, and deliver absolute reliability in critical environments.

With over a century of combined group expertise in high pressure medical systems and patient care technology, the business has earned long standing trust from healthcare professionals and patients alike. Building on this heritage, they are now expanding their engineering department and are looking for a highly capable Lead Embedded Software Engineer to guide the next generation of life saving products.

The Opportunity

As the Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you will take ownership of embedded software development within the department, acting as the technical lead and setting the standards for quality, architecture, documentation, and compliance. You will play a central role in developing devices used in hospitals, critical care wards, and frontline clinical environments.

You will work closely with hardware, systems, and regulatory teams, ensuring products meet the stringent requirements expected of medical grade technology. This is a key appointment within a growing medical device start up environment, where your expertise and leadership will meaningfully shape the future of the department and its products.

Who They Are Looking For

The business is open minded and will consider applicants from three backgrounds:

Medical device specialists, experienced embedded software engineers with a background in medical, healthcare, or other regulated environments such as ISO 13485, IEC 62304, aerospace, automotive safety, and similar sectors
Regulated industry engineers, with transferrable skills from other safety critical or regulated sectors and the appetite to transition into medical devices
Exceptional embedded software engineers, without regulated industry experience but who demonstrate the drive, determination, and personal qualities to thrive in a medical device environmentTitles considered include Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Principal Embedded Software Engineer, and Lead Embedded Software Engineer, with salary aligned to capability and experience.

Location and Hybrid Working

The Director is supportive of remote working and is happy for the role to be office based one to two days per week, potentially less. However, due to internal policy, the successful candidate must live within a sensible commuting distance and be able to reach the Frodsham site within around one hour and fifteen minutes when needed for collaboration, test activities, or project requirements.

Package

£60,000 to £70,000 salary, depending on experience and seniority
5.9% company pension contribution
8% annual performance based bonus
Flexible hybrid working
An opportunity to lead an embedded function within an innovative medical device environment.
Meaningful work on products that improve and save livesIf you want your work to have purpose, this is a rare chance to combine cutting edge engineering with real world clinical impact. You will be joining an ambitious and passionate team dedicated to improving patient outcomes through technological excellence