Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience in embedded firmware development using C/C++ on real physical products that have successfully shipped to market. Practical exposure to building touchscreen HMIs running on embedded Linux, Android/AOSP, or RTOS environments. Hands-on experience integrating BLE, wireless protocols, or location-based/navigation features. Strong technical communication skills to work with external suppliers and global development teams. Must be local enough to commute daily to our new Basingstoke office. Responsibilities: Architect and write embedded C/C++ firmware for next-generation consumer hardware devices with rich, graphic-heavy touchscreen interfaces. Build the on-device user experience layer using embedded Linux or Android platforms. Integrate and optimise wireless connectivity, low-power features, and location/tracking data capabilities such as Bluetooth Low Energy and GNSS/GPS. Act as the technical lead when working with global partners, including reviewing code from offshore app development teams and writing specifications for electronics manufacturers. Take sole charge of the embedded software roadmap and establish our in-house firmware capability from scratch. Technologies: Android Architect Bluetooth Embedded Firmware Hardware Linux C++ UX UI Design More: We are partnering with a globally recognised, market-leading premium consumer hardware brand that is opening a brand-new engineering R&D centre in Basingstoke. This is a high-autonomy, sole-charge technical specialist role where you will report directly to the Innovation Director and own the firmware and connected software platform end to end. You will join a small, supportive team in a fail-fast engineering culture that values proactive decisions and technical output over corporate box-ticking. Our products are stable, highly profitable, UK-assembled, and shipped to over 50 countries, giving you the opportunity to build something new with global reach and no legacy code to maintain. last updated 24 week of 2026