Embedded Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience writing embedded C
• Solid understanding of the specific challenges and constraints of coding for microcontrollers
• Working knowledge of digital electronics, with some exposure to analogue electronics an advantage
• Familiarity with sound software design principles and practices
• Strong mathematical ability, with experience designing custom algorithms
• A lateral thinker who enjoys finding unconventional solutions to tricky design problems
• Good communication skills and a genuine team player

Responsibilities

• Join our expanding R&D team responsible for the full development lifecycle of downhole and surface tools, from initial concept and design through coding and testing to field deployment
• Work closely with our electronics and mechanical teams, shaping design decisions early rather than just coding to a fixed specification
• Help minimise power consumption and design safe failure modes so faults degrade gracefully
• Build on our established suite of tools rather than starting from scratch
• Find innovative solutions where no off-the-shelf answer exists
• Take real ownership of projects, with support and mentoring from experienced colleagues
• Contribute to firmware architecture and mentoring others, depending on experience

Technologies

• Embedded
• Firmware
• Support
• Sketch
• C++

More

We are a leading global oil and gas technology company with a strong family-business culture and a presence across the UK, the Middle East, the US and beyond. We offer a salary of up to £70,000 depending on experience, 33 days of holiday rising with long service, long-service awards, private healthcare, life insurance, strong company pension contributions, and a culture built on teamwork and empowering engineers to make a difference. The role is based in Aberdeen or Edinburgh with a four-day office and one-day remote working pattern each week. This is a chance to join a market-leading name in downhole technology and work on cutting-edge embedded systems in a supportive, development-focused environment, with genuine ownership from first sketch to field deployment.

last updated 38 week of 2026