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Belcan

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Belcan
United Kingdom · Full-time · Mid-Senior

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

📍 Milton Keynes – Onsite

🕒 Permanent Position


Ready to launch your career into orbit?

Join a cutting-edge team developing next-generation communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. This is your chance to work on technology that’s literally out of this world.


🚀 What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of our mission-critical projects, designing and developing software that powers high-reliability systems in extreme environments.

  • Craft low-level and high-level software in C, from concept to deployment.
  • Drive development across the full software stack: microcontrollers, drivers, BSPs, applications, and user interfaces.
  • Contribute to exciting projects involving Linux-based single-board computers and real-time microcontroller systems.
  • Collaborate with hardware and design engineers to integrate and validate new product designs.
  • Own the full lifecycle: architecture, coding, testing, debugging, and in-orbit support.


🧠 What You Bring

You’re a problem-solver with a passion for embedded systems and a track record of delivering robust, efficient code.

  • Strong experience in C programming is essential.
  • Solid understanding of real-time systems, IP protocols, and hardware interfaces.
  • Experience with real-time Linux is a plus.
  • Comfortable working in a small, agile team with big ambitions.


🌟 Why Join Us?

This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to be part of a fast-growing international company at the forefront of aerospace innovation.

  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Pension & health assurance
  • Relocation support if needed
  • Career growth in a rapidly expanding team


Apply now and let’s explore how your skills can help shape the future of space and airborne communications

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Posted
Sep 30, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Milton Keynes
Company
Belcan

Industries

Defense Space Manufacturing Space Research Technology Telecommunications

Categories

Design Information Technology Engineering

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