Software Engineering Consultant

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require a good degree, typically a 2.1 or above, in Computer Science, Electronics, or a similarly applicable engineering discipline, together with strong pre-university grades, mostly A* or As at A-level or equivalent.
• We require substantial commercial experience developing real-time, multithreaded software in C++ for Linux.
• We require coding skills in Python for automated tests and tools.
• We require familiarity with Git-based version control and unit test frameworks such as GoogleTest.
• We value some experience in medical software development, particularly knowledge of IEC 62304.
• We consider experience in another highly regulated industry to be applicable.
• We would also value experience with the Qt Framework, comms protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, TCP-IP, or USB, CI/CD tooling, or medical health record formats such as HL7FHIR.
• We require excellent communication skills, problem-solving ability, and initiative.
• We require eligibility to live and work in the UK.

Responsibilities:

• We design and implement dependable real-time control systems.
• We design and implement intuitive user interfaces.
• We design and implement interfaces that integrate seamlessly with healthcare data repositories.
• We liaise closely with clients.
• We work alongside colleagues from electronics, mechanical engineering, and other disciplines.
• We contribute from the outset to a wide variety of high-technology healthcare devices.
• We undertake some UK and international travel as part of the client-facing nature of the role.
• We help bring beneficial medical technologies to market.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Git
• Linux
• Python
• Qt
• C++

More:

We are a Cambridge-based creator of medical systems, developing high-integrity real-time software for medical device applications. This is an opportunity to join our engineering team and apply our software expertise to a wide variety of challenging healthcare projects. Our offices are close to Cambridge, and we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including relocation assistance if applicable. There is scope for hybrid working for part of the week, provided you can live or relocate within a comfortable commute when on-site work is required.

last updated 30 week of 2026