Contract Senior Systems Engineer in Cambridge
Posted by SoCode Limited
Cambridge: Hybrid (2 days on site)
Contract: 2 Years, Inside IR35
Rate: Flexible
Want real influence across every discipline of a connected hardware product, rather than staying boxed into one layer of the stack?
We're working with a fast-growing connected-device business building an advanced IoT hardware product with real system architecture and connectivity complexity. They need a Senior System Engineer to shape requirements across system, hardware, embedded, ATE, software and integration, contribute to design decisions in each discipline, and lead proof-of-concept and field testing.
What You'll Bring
- Experience in system engineering of multidisciplinary hardware products
- Background working with communication products, embedded systems, hardware or RF
- A natural problem-solver who works well both independently and in a team
- Quick to get to grips with new, complex IoT concepts and weigh up alternative approaches
- Comfortable operating on projects that demand real technical depth across disciplines
- Comfortable in a Linux environment
- Experience with Atlassian tools and/or Azure DevOps
- Curiosity about applying agentic AI to discovery and innovation work
- Coding ability in C, C#, Java or Python
- Familiarity with RF technologies such as BLE, WiFi, LTE-M or LoRa
- Some backend or serverless systems knowledge
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure for IoT products
Keen to discuss further?
Option 1: Click the apply button (don't worry, we'll discuss your CV before submitting).
Option 2: Drop me a message on LinkedIn (Rachel Bush – SoCode Recruitment).
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