Salary: £40,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Strong background in software architecture for embedded automotive or electric drive systems Experience building or improving software toolchains, CI/CD pipelines, and automated development workflows Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink and model-based development approaches Understanding of ASPICE-aligned automotive software processes Awareness of functional safety principles in embedded software environments Experience with automated testing, static analysis, version control, and requirements traceability Strong embedded software understanding, including C/C++, real-time systems, and diagnostics/calibration desirable Experience working across cross-functional engineering teams A proactive mindset with the ability to introduce process improvement and automation Responsibilities: Define and maintain end-to-end software architecture across embedded platforms, middleware, applications, and verification environments Establish software engineering standards, architectural patterns, coding practices, and development workflows Lead the design of scalable, automated development environments including CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and test automation frameworks Specify and integrate toolchains across requirements, modelling, coding, simulation, testing, calibration, diagnostics, and HIL environments Support and enhance model-based development using MATLAB/Simulink and auto-code generation workflows Drive implementation of automated verification strategies including MIL, SIL, PIL, and HIL testing Improve software quality through metrics, dashboards, traceability, and continuous process improvement Ensure alignment with ASPICE, functional safety, cybersecurity, and product engineering requirements Collaborate across multi-disciplinary engineering teams to ensure architectural consistency and toolchain integration Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to enhance development efficiency and system performance Technologies: CI/CD Embedded Support Matlab Architect More: We are an innovative high-tech scale-up at the forefront of next-generation electric drive systems for automotive and mobility applications. We are hiring for a permanent Software Tools & Architecture Engineer role based in Norwich, with a hybrid working arrangement of 3 to 4 days onsite per week. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape our software engineering ecosystem, influence architecture and tooling strategy, and help define how our advanced electric drive technologies are built, verified, and delivered within a fast-moving, innovation-led engineering environment. last updated 24 week of 2026