Embedded Software Developer

Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Commutable to Herford Cheltenham and Bristol mostly on-site (4 days/week on customer site 1 day remote where appropriate)
Clearance: Must be eligible and willing to undergo DV clearance (British Citizen UK residency last 10 years)

Are you early in your embedded software career and keen to build skills on real hardware Want hands-on experience with ESP32 Raspberry Pi and ARM microcontrollers supporting mission-critical work in National Security & Defence

Join a supportive engineering team building practical user-focused tools with clear operational value. Youll contribute to real deployments while being coached by experienced engineers.

What Youll Do

• Support development of bespoke software on embedded platforms (ESP32 Raspberry Pi ARM-based boards).
• Write and maintain C C and/or Python code with guidance and peer review.
• Assist with hardware interfacing (UART/serial GPIO USB SPI/I2C) and peripheral bring-up.
• Participate in testing and debugging in the lab and on customer sites (with support).
• Contribute to refining requirements and implementing features as part of a delivery team.
• Help with integration and deployment into secure environments under supervision.
• Maintain documentation and follow traceable peer-reviewed Git practices aligned with repository governance.

What Youll Bring

Essential:

• Hands-on programming experience (academic hobbyist internship or professional).
• Working knowledge of C/C and/or Python.
• Interest or experience in embedded systems development.
• Basic understanding of hardware interfaces (serial GPIO SPI/I2C etc.).
• Familiarity with Linux environments and debugging fundamentals.
• A practical problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn.

Desirable:

• Exposure to microcontrollers or SBCs (ESP32 STM32 Raspberry Pi etc.).
• Awareness of wireless/comms (BLE Wi-Fi UWB etc.).
• Exposure to RTOS or bare-metal development.
• Interest in Embedded Rust.
• Interest in secure systems cryptography or defence-related engineering.

Education & Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science Electrical/Electronic Engineering or similar preferred (or equivalent experience).
• Professional membership (BCS IET) is a plus.

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start: SC

• Clearance for Role:DV

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Flexi-Time

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the worldsaferhealthier andmore efficient through technology engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.