Firmware Engineer
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 50% sure that is the right code. Nami Surgical is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Possible 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals) · 50% match
- Possible 2124 (Electronics engineers) · 38% match
- Possible 2123 (Electrical engineers) · 10% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2134 Programmers and software development professionals Most likely code | £38,300 | £43,700 | £49,200 | £54,700 |
2124 Electronics engineers Also possible | £36,400 | £41,600 | £46,800 | £52,000 |
2123 Electrical engineers Also possible | £41,100 | £47,000 | £52,900 | £58,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Kleboe Jardine are delighted to be partnering with Nami Surgical, an innovative Glasgow-based medical technology company developing advanced ultrasonic technology for robotic and minimally invasive surgery.
As Nami continues to develop its technology and engineering capability, they are looking to appoint an Embedded Firmware & Controls Engineer to take a key role in developing the embedded platform that drives, measures and controls their ultrasonic transducer technology.
This is a genuinely hands-on engineering position sitting at the intersection of embedded firmware, electronics, real-time data acquisition and control systems. It would suit someone who enjoys working close to the hardware and seeing their firmware interact with and control a real physical system.
The role
Initially, you’ll focus on developing and strengthening Nami’s embedded firmware platform, before progressing further into the characterisation and closed-loop control of the ultrasonic system.
Working closely with analogue and mixed-signal engineers, you’ll be involved in:
- Developing embedded firmware in C/C++ for STM32/Cortex-M platforms
- Building RTOS-based functionality alongside timing-critical, interrupt and DMA-driven firmware
- Working at peripheral level with timers, ADCs, DACs, DMA, interrupts and communications
- Implementing deterministic waveform generation and synchronised data acquisition
- Developing USB, UART, Ethernet or similar communications interfaces
- Implementing real-time phase, impedance and frequency measurements
- Developing and tuning PI/PID and other closed-loop control algorithms
- Supporting calibration, drift correction and system characterisation
- Carrying out hands-on bench testing, measurement and debugging
- Using Python for testing, data analysis and algorithm prototyping
What we're looking for
We’re looking for an engineer with a strong grounding in embedded C/C++ and real-time embedded systems, who is comfortable working directly with electronics and physical hardware.
You’ll ideally bring experience across:
- Embedded C/C++ and RTOS development
- ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers such as STM32 or similar
- Interrupt/DMA-driven and timing-critical firmware
- Hardware peripherals and real-time data acquisition
- Practical electronics debugging and bench measurement
- Control systems, including PI/PID or similar closed-loop control
- Working alongside analogue or mixed-signal electronics engineers
- Python for test, analysis or engineering tools
Experience developing firmware and then taking that system through characterisation and control of the physical hardware would be particularly valuable. This could have been gained within areas such as motor or servo control, resonant actuators, transducers, impedance measurement, lock-in amplifiers, ultrasonic systems or other closed-loop electromechanical systems.
Why Nami Surgical?
This is an opportunity to join a growing Scottish MedTech company where your work will have a direct influence on the technology being developed.
Rather than working solely on one isolated layer of firmware, you'll have the opportunity to follow the system from embedded development through measurement, characterisation and ultimately closed-loop control, working closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team developing technology for the next generation of robotic and minimally invasive surgery.
**All applications will be processed by Kleboe Jardine**
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Nami Surgical, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Programmers and software development professionals (SOC 2134) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~399k in sample- Middle half £42,536–76,752
- Median £56,784
- Going rate £54,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,300–49,200
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Not necessarily. Nami Surgical holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.