Embedded Software Team Lead
3 days ago
Nottingham
Job Title: Embedded Software Team Lead Location: Nottingham Salary: Up to £75,000 An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Embedded Software Team Leader to join a technology-driven business based in Nottingham. This role is ideal for an experienced embedded engineer who still enjoys being technically hands-on, while also leading and developing a small, high-performing team. You will combine embedded software development with day-to-day technical leadership, guiding a team of five engineers and playing a key role in shaping architecture, standards, and delivery across multiple embedded projects. The Role As Embedded Software Team Leader, you will remain deeply involved in hands-on development while providing technical direction, mentoring, and support to your team. You’ll work closely with hardware, systems, and product stakeholders to deliver robust, high-quality embedded solutions. Key Responsibilities • Lead firmware delivery across multiple projects, from project estimation and technical risk assessment through to implementation and release, • Remain hands-on in embedded software development across active projects, • Produce and review firmware estimates, schedules, and work packages, balancing accuracy, speed, and commercial reality, • Define and maintain software architecture, coding standards, and best practices, • Contribute to requirements definition, technical planning, and estimations, • Perform code reviews and support continuous improvement, • Collaborate with hardware, systems, and test teams to deliver integrated solutions, • Support project delivery, balancing technical excellence with timelines About You • Strong background in embedded C/C++ development, • Experience working Bare metal, RTOS and/or linux platforms., • Proven experience providing technical leadership or mentoring within an engineering team, • Comfortable balancing hands-on engineering with leadership responsibilities, • Good understanding of software development lifecycles and version control (e.g. Git), • Strong communication skills and a collaborative leadership style Desirable Experience • Exposure to regulated, safety-critical, or high-reliability systems, • Experience with Agile or modern development methodologies, • Experience designing and delivering secure, cyber-resilient embedded systems Why Join? • Hands-on technical leadership role — not a pure management position, • Opportunity to shape and grow an embedded software team, • Work on a range of technically challenging and impactful products, • Supportive engineering culture with clear progression opportunities, • Hybrid working available Location This role is based in Nottingham, offering excellent transport links and a strong local tech community. If you’re an experienced embedded engineer ready to take the next step into hands-on technical leadership, or an experienced team leader looking for a new challenge this is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact. Apply now or contact KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions for more information.