Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer – Cybersecurity

Location: Leuven, Belgium

Experience: Graduate – 5 years

The Company:

An innovative cybersecurity company based in Leuven, developing secure embedded systems that protect connected devices and critical infrastructure. Their technology operates at the lowest layers of hardware and firmware, ensuring products are secure by design from boot-up to runtime.

As they continue to grow, they are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to join their core engineering team.

The Role:

You will work on low-level embedded software forming the foundation of secure systems. This includes firmware, boot processes, kernel-level development, and driver implementation for security-focused hardware platforms.

This role is open to strong graduates through to engineers with up to 5 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain low-level C code for embedded systems
• Design and implement device drivers and driver-level integrations
• Work with Embedded Linux (kernel, bootloaders, BSPs)
• Contribute to boot process development and secure boot implementations
• Develop software for real-time embedded environments
• Debug hardware-software interactions at board level
• Collaborate with hardware and security teams to ensure robust system architecture
• Support performance optimisation and system reliability improvements

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field
• Strong C programming skills (low-level / close to hardware)
• Experience with Embedded Linux environments
• Exposure to Linux kernel development or device driver development
• Understanding of bootloaders (e.g. U-Boot) and system bring-up
• Knowledge of real-time systems concepts
• Comfortable debugging using oscilloscopes, JTAG, serial interfaces, etc.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with secure boot, cryptography libraries, or hardware security modules
• Familiarity with ARM-based architectures
• Understanding of networking stacks
• Exposure to Yocto or Buildroot

Why Join?

• Work on cybersecurity at the firmware and hardware level
• High technical ownership and real engineering depth
• Leuven-based innovation environment
• Open to ambitious graduates with strong fundamentals
• Collaborative, research-driven engineering culture

If you're interested, please apply directly through the link below, feel free to share with anyone in your Network who you feel may be interested and contact me on the below email address for more information:

[email protected]