Senior Embedded Software Developer
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Salary Range: £50,000 to £60,000
Location: Harrietsham, Kent
Application and Interviews
The job advert closes on the 3rd April 2026, with 1st stage telephone interviews and second stage face-to-face interviews scheduled to be held in April 2026.
Hybrid Working Opportunity
This role is eligible for the hybrid working benefit, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Harrietsham office three days per week, with the flexibility to work from home up to two days a week once deemed competent to work independently and in line with the business needs. Applicants must be UK-based and live within a practical commutable distance of our office. Hybrid working is a benefit at Bedfont and not a contractual term.
The Story:
Established in 1976, Bedfont is an award-winning medical technology company based in Harrietsham, Kent. Its breath analysis medical devices are exported globally thanks to its network of carefully selected distributors.
The Challenge:
Healthcare is evolving, and the market for breath analysis monitors is expanding. Bedfont are looking for hard-working, like-minded, and passionate individuals to join the Bedfont Family to help achieve its goal of innovating healthcare worldwide.
The Benefits:
- 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
- Social events
- Private medical insurance
- Subsidised health checks
- Well-being warriors
- Well-being garden and room
- Annual optical allowance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Bonus scheme
- Hybrid working
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Rewards app
- Referral bonus
- Charity days
- Home office setup allowance
- Employee awards
- Free on-site parking
- Training & development opportunities
- Free uniform
- Subsidised Celler8 device
- Subsidised kids club
- Time in service annual leave bonus
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
Job Summary
The Senior Embedded Software Developer will play a key role in designing and delivering safe, reliable firmware for the company’s current and next generation medical devices. This position leads development across bare metal platforms, defining high quality software requirements, architecting secure and efficient solutions and driving rigorous implementation and testing practices. Working closely with cross functional engineering, quality and regulatory teams, the Senior Embedded Software Developer ensures all software meets stringent safety, cybersecurity and compliance expectations while contributing to the creation of innovative, high performance medical products.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead cross functional collaboration to define compliant, scalable software architectures and solutions.
- Drive technical decision making by interpreting schematics, datasheets and system architecture to guide robust software design.
- Author and review high quality, testable, traceable software requirements aligned with system needs, risk controls, cybersecurity and regulatory expectations.
- Architect, implement and document IEC?62304 compliant firmware, including low level drivers, communication protocols and HALs.
- Produce and approve design, interface and regulatory documentation that supports submissions and design reviews.
- Champion secure coding, defensive programming and threat aware design across the team.
- Define unit test strategies and ensure comprehensive requirement coverage and early defect detection.
- Guide and perform board bring up, sensor integration, hardware validation and low level debugging on bare metal platforms.
- Lead and mentor participation in design, code, risk and cybersecurity reviews to uphold quality and compliance.
- Perform and direct structured debugging, root cause analysis and use of industry standard diagnostic tools.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- BSc in Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering or similar certification
- Minimum 5 years of industry experience designing and implementing bare-metal embedded software in C
Essential Skills
- Strong working knowledge of industry standard communication interfaces, including USB, SPI, I²C and Bluetooth
- Proven ability to debug embedded systems effectively in a hands on lab environment
Desirable Skills
- Experience with C++, Python, C# or Dart
- Knowledge of RTOS concepts and implementation
- Engaged, articulate and highly collaborative working style
- Motivated, proactive and effective in cross functional engineering environment
In addition, employees may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required of them. In these circumstances training will be given where it is considered.
Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. does not and will not discriminate in the recruitment or management of staff on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and more. We are an equal opportunity employer, and Bedfont® regards every employee as a member of the Bedfont® family and is committed to providing a fair, safe, diverse and welcoming atmosphere. Our application process has been designed so that everyone is able to demonstrate their skills and how they meet the criteria required for the job advertised. All successful candidates will be subject to a digital ID and DBS check.