Senior Firmware Engineer, Brompton

Salary not provided

Offers profit share bonus

Docker

Python

C++

Jenkins

Git

Senior and Expert level

London

3+ days a week in office (Greenford, London)

Folding bike manufacturer

Be an early applicant

Folding bike manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2CRetailManufacturingMobilityFitness

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Offers profit share bonus

Docker

Python

C++

Jenkins

Git

Senior and Expert level

London

3+ days a week in office (Greenford, London)

501-1000 employees

B2CRetailManufacturingMobilityFitness

Company mission

To change the way people live and move in cities.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Passionate about problem solving, willing to take the lead and use a range of tools and techniques to get to the root cause
Self-starter, capable of delivering solutions in isolation or part of larger teams
Engineer with proven experience in developing embedded software applications
You have demonstrated experience across majority of the stages of the software development lifecycle (requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing)
Proficient in C and C++
Have experience with one or more embedded communication protocols: BLE, CAN, I2C, UART, SPI
Preferably, have experience with functional safety development (ISO 13849 or ISO 26262)
Preferably, have experience with electric motors/inverter drives
Preferably, have experience with RTOS-based application development
Optionally, have used Python for developing tools
Have used CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Docker)
Comfortable with version control systems (e.g. Git)
An awareness of Health and Safety law and best practice
Have the right to Work in the UK

What the job involves

Reports to: Software Engineering Lead
The Firmware Engineer role takes on the challenge of delivering robust embedded software for existing and future Brompton Electric products and will give you the opportunity to be involved in the full product lifecycle of our electric bikes, from prototype development to production and manufacturing
Write clean, scalable and efficient code
Work closely with hardware engineers on bring-up, debugging, and validation of new controller boards
Design, test and maintain embedded software for our in-house electric drive system (motor control algorithms, sensor signal processing, low level drivers etc)
Diagnose and resolve complex issues involving real-time behaviour, timing, and signal integrity
Contribute to architecture decisions, coding standards, and long-term platform evolution
9 Day Fortnight –This is a flexible working pattern which individuals can opt in for where an employee works their contractual hours across 9 days instead of 10 days. (i.e. 80 hours across 9 days instead of 10 days). This means the individual would work an additional hour across Monday to Thursday (across the 2 week period) to gain their Friday off

Salary benchmarks

Our take

The Brompton bike was conceived as a product to help improve city living. The bike can be folded to a third of its size in a matter of seconds and is small enough to be taken on all forms of public transport. It has established itself as the ideal choice for all those who are living or interacting with cities.

Brompton offer a test ride service that allows customer to trial use of the bicycle before purchase. By allowing hire costs to be redeemed against the cost of the bicycle, this provides an attractive option for customers who may be unsure about the price point or the bike's functionality.

Brompton has faced a steep profit decline of over 99% in 2024, largely due to post-pandemic market overstock and reduced sales. While the company has paused a headquarters move and cancelled dividends, it is focusing on recovery through commute-friendly models like the upcoming G-line. With strong prospects in biking-conscious cities, Brompton remains confident it can regain momentum as the market stabilises.