Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Role: Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Runcorn plus flexible Hybrid Working from Home.
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 DOE

Our client is a pioneering medical technology business developing critical, point-of-care devices used in environments where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable - from GP surgeries and ICUs to specialist hospital departments. Their products are designed to support clinicians, extend lives, and perform flawlessly in the most demanding clinical settings.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will take technical ownership of embedded software development across the business. Acting as the software authority, you will define architecture, set development standards, and ensure software quality, documentation, and regulatory compliance meet medical-grade expectations.

You will work closely with hardware, systems, verification, and regulatory teams, playing a central role in delivering products for hospitals, critical care wards, and frontline clinical environments. This is a key role within a growing medical device organisation, where your decisions will directly influence both product performance and patient outcomes.

About You

The client is open-minded and keen to speak with candidates from a range of backgrounds, including:

Experienced embedded engineers
Highly capable embedded software engineers without prior regulated experience, but who demonstrate the mindset, rigour, and drive required for medical-grade development
Engineers from safety-critical industries
Those with transferable skills from regulated or safety-critical domains who are motivated to transition into medical technology
Medical device or regulated industry specialists
Embedded software engineers with experience in medical devices or other regulated environments such as ISO 13485, IEC 62304, aerospace, automotive safety, or similar sectorsPackage & Benefits

£60,000 - £70,000 base salary (DOE)
Generous employer pension contribution
8% annual performance-based bonus
Flexible hybrid working model
Work on meaningful products that directly improve and save livesWhy Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to combine cutting-edge embedded software engineering with genuine clinical impact. You'll be joining an ambitious, passionate team dedicated to improving patient outcomes through engineering excellence.

Apply today with an up to date CV and cover letter to KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.

echnical 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