📍 Rocester, Staffordshire
JCB manufactures construction and agricultural machinery, including backhoe loaders, excavators, and telehandlers, from its headquarters in Rocester, England. The company serves a global market, providing robust equipment designed for various terrains and applications. Engineering at JCB encompasses mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines, focusing on enhancing machine performance and operator experience. The team develops embedded software for displays and control systems, ensuring reliability and efficiency in demanding environments. JCB's commitment to innovation is evident in its extensive product range and global presence.
Principal Embedded Displays Software Engineer
@ JCB
Embedded Displays Software Engineer
@ JCB
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JCB manufactures construction and agricultural machinery, including backhoe loaders, excavators, and telehandlers, from its headquarters in Rocester, England. The company serves a global market, providing robust equipment designed for various terrains and applications. Engineering at JCB encompasses mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines, focusing on enhancing machine performance and operator experience. The team develops embedded software for displays and control systems, ensuring reliability and efficiency in demanding environments. JCB's commitment to innovation is evident in its extensive product range and global presence.
JCB operates in the embedded systems space with focus on Machinery Manufacturing. While no positions are currently listed, embedded companies often hire in cycles tied to product launches, R&D phases, or contract milestones. Engineers interested in JCB should monitor for openings in firmware development, hardware design, and systems architecture.
* Data represents job posting activity over the past 6 months: Nov 2025 through Apr 2026
Hiring momentum at JCB is currently increasing, with 1
opening posted this month compared to 0 last month.
This upward trend often signals product development acceleration, team scaling, or new project initiatives.
Over the past 6 months, JCB averaged 0.3 job postings per month,
with peak hiring in Jan 2026 (1 openings).
For embedded systems roles, hiring activity typically correlates with product development cycles,
especially for firmware teams during pre-production phases and hardware engineers during prototyping.
📈 New hiring activity
Consistent hiring velocity
Jan 2026
Qt is the most in-demand skill at JCB,
appearing in 100% of all job listings (past and present).
This universal requirement indicates Qt forms the core of JCB's
technical stack across all engineering teams.
JCB's technology stack spans 6 distinct skills and tools,
reflecting the multifaceted nature of embedded systems development.
This moderate technology stack indicates focused but varied engineering challenges.
Engineers joining JCB should combine depth in key areas with adaptability. Firmware development expertise is critical, especially for engineers skilled in bare-metal programming, RTOS development, and optimizing code for resource-constrained systems. Candidates with adjacent skills (version control, testing frameworks, communication protocols) typically advance faster by contributing across the development lifecycle.
JCB's engineering operations are concentrated in a single country across 1 location. A single-location focus enables tight team collaboration and simplified operations, particularly valuable for hardware-intensive development requiring shared lab facilities.
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