Job Description
Embedded Systems Reliability Engineer
Chester (Hybrid and flexible working available)
Salary up to £60,000
KO2 is working with a technology-led client in the Chester area who are looking to hire an Embedded Systems Reliability Engineer with strong modern C++ experience.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys digging into complex systems, improving software quality, and building long-term reliability into embedded and desktop products. You’ll play a key role in improving stability, observability, and automation across a mixed embedded Linux and desktop environment.
About the Role
You’ll focus on improving reliability across embedded firmware and desktop applications, working closely with software, hardware, and test teams. Key responsibilities include:
1. Investigating and resolving complex bugs across embedded and desktop systems
2. Implementing fixes alongside systemic quality and reliability improvements
3. Developing and maintaining automated test, diagnostic, and release validation tools using Python and Bash
4. Enhancing CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware (Buildroot / make) and desktop applications (CMake / Qt)
5. Integrating static analysis, quality gates, and release validation
6. Defining, monitoring, and improving key reliability metrics (cra...