Platform Recruitment
Software Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £50,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- Engineering or electronics background
- Strong software development skills in C#, Python and/or JavaScript
- Hands-on experience with communication protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, Modbus or CAN
- Comfortable reading schematics and using electronics tools such as multimeters and logic analysers
- Experience working with PCBs and electronic instruments
- Familiarity with IoT platforms and cloud integration
- Play a key role across the full product lifecycle
- Develop and maintain software platforms in C#, Python, and JavaScript for gas detection instruments
- Write software that communicates directly with hardware via UART, SPI, and I2C
- Build automated test jig software for the production floor
- Work closely with electronic, embedded, and mechanical engineers
- C#
- Cloud
- Embedded
- Hardware
- IoT
- JavaScript
- Python
More:
We are offering a rare opportunity to join our elite R&D team in South Cambridgeshire, where you will work at the intersection of software and hardware development on technologies that help save thousands of lives. This role offers a salary of up to £70,000 and the chance to contribute to world-class gas detection instruments within a highly collaborative engineering environment.
last updated 32 week of 2026
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