Firmware Software Engineer
📌Centurion, South Africa 🇿🇦
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ mid-level
Recruiter:
JenRec Recruitment
Job Ref:
vu
Date posted:
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Location:
centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Salary:
Negotiable
SUMMARY:
An established and innovative engineering R&D organisation based in Centurion is seeking a skilled Firmware / Embedded Software Engineer to join its technical team. The company develops advanced technologies in the aerospace and optical systems sectors, serving international civil and security markets.
POSITION INFO:
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven engineer to work in a multidisciplinary, high-tech environment with a focus on precision electronics , real-time embedded systems , and mission-critical applications .
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Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and test firmware for embedded systems in custom hardware platforms.
- Work closely with electronics, systems, and software teams to ensure seamless integration.
- Implement low-level drivers, communication protocols, and real-time control logic.
- Participate in system-level design, verification, and validation activities.
- Maintain and document code according to engineering best practices and quality standards.
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Contribute to the development of innovative solutions in aerospace-grade systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
- 3+ years of professional experience in firmware and embedded software development.
- Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded platforms.
- Experience with RTOS, microcontrollers, and real-time system design.
- Solid understanding of digital electronics, communication protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART), and hardware/software interfaces.
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Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience with ARM-based microcontrollers (e.g., STM32).
- Familiarity with debugging tools, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle tools (e.g., Git, Jira, CI/CD pipelines).
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Exposure to aerospace, defence, or high-reliability systems.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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