About the job
Nuclera is a venture-backed biotech company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with additional operations in Boston, USA. The team focuses on accelerating scientific discovery by making functional proteins more accessible for drug discovery research. Nuclera’s eProtein Discovery™ benchtop system helps research labs optimize protein expression and purification workflows.
Role overview
The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will help shape the next generation of Nuclera’s instrument platform. This role covers the full spectrum of embedded systems work, from low-level hardware control to higher-level application features. The position suits an engineer comfortable moving between bare-metal firmware, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments.
What you will do
- Design and implement embedded software for complex scientific instruments
- Work on both hardware-level interactions and user-facing application logic
- Contribute to a system that must be reliable, scalable, and high-performing
- Collaborate across hardware, software, and scientific teams to deliver integrated solutions
What we are looking for
- Experience with bare-metal firmware development
- Background working with RTOS and embedded Linux
- Ability to design and execute embedded systems for scientific or technical products
- Versatility to work across different layers of the embedded stack
Location
This position is based in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.

