Security Clearance: British-born ****
On Site: 4 days per week
Technical Skillset:
Principal Embedded Systems Engineer (Secure Boot & SoC Integration)
Focused on Arm-based SoCs, with experience in:
* Boot chains (ROM → FSBL → TF-M/MCUboot → application)
* Secure boot concepts (chain of trust, key provisioning, anti-rollback)
* Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M (SAU/IDAU configuration)
* Device tree configuration for complex SoCs (MPUs with multiple cores)
* Flash partitioning and update mechanisms (MCUboot, PSA FWU)
* Low-level bring-up (clocks, memory controllers, OctoSPI/NOR, UART)
Role Requirements
* Principal level Embedded Systems engineer with extensive experience in the design and development of embedded systems.
* Strong expertise in ARM-based processors, including low-level development, optimization, and performance tuning.
* Proven experience working with trusted frameworks and architecting complex, large-scale embedded systems.
* Deep technical proficiency with a hands-on approach to design, debugging, integration, and system validation.
* 10+ years of progressive technical experience in embedded systems engineering.
* Demonstrated leadership experience managing and mentoring teams of 5+ engineers, driving technical excellence and project delivery.
Essential
* Senior-level, dynamic individual who can drive and energise the team.
* Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
* British-born ****
* Comfortable in a highly critical, high-impact environment.