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Embedded Systems Engineer – Sport Tech Scale-Up (Vauxhall, London | £40,000–£55,000)
Hybrid: 3 days in-office (inc. Thursdays), 2 days remote | 1 month/year working from the Austrian Alps

Are you passionate about sports, electronics, and cutting-edge embedded systems? Fancy spending a month every year working from the Austrian Alps—testing world-class ski tech on real snow?

KO2’s client are a rapidly scaling sport tech company based in Vauxhall, London, building the future of ski coaching. The compabies flagship product is a wearable sensor system combined with a novel mobile app that delivers real-time coaching to skiers using precision embedded systems and smart motion analysis. It’s been a hit—and we’re growing fast.

They are now looking for an Embedded Systems Engineer who’s excited to design and build the next generation of our hardware. If you live and breathe electronics, ski (or want to learn), and love getting stuck into both firmware and hardware—this could be your dream role.

What you’ll be doing:

Designing and prototyping custom electronics hardware (including PCB layout)
Writing embedded firmware in C for Nordic NRF52 series MCUs
Integrating MEMS sensors and Bluetooth connectivity into wearables
Collaborating with a small, talented hardware team (London and remote)
Supporting R&D for next-gen embedded systems platform
Spending 1 month/year working from our Austrian office in a top-tier ski resort—gear up, it’s all on us!

About you:

3–5 years of experience in embedded systems and electronics design
Strong hands-on experience with PCB design and prototyping
Comfortable with embedded C development, ideally on Nordic platforms
Bonus: experience with MEMS sensors, Bluetooth, or ski gear!
You enjoy working in small teams, wearing multiple hats, and seeing your product used on the slopes

Why join us?

Work on a genuinely novel product used by thousands of passionate skiers
Base yourself in London (Vauxhall) with hybrid flexibility (3 days in-office incl. Thursdays)
Be part of a fast-growing team (50+ people), but small and tight-knit hardware crew
Free accommodation and ski access in Austria for a month every year
Influence both the design and direction of the product and company
Salary of £40,000–£55,000, depending on experience

If you’re a skier, a snowboarder, or just a sports-mad embedded engineer tired of the same old roles—this could be the career move that finally combines your passion and your work.

Apply now to join the team bringing world-class embedded systems and electronics to the slopes.

Position: Electronics Design Engineer

Location of Office: Finchley, North London

Location of work: 4 days in Office 1 day WFH

Salary: Up to £65,000

The Role: Our client, a well backed, fast growing start-up in the sports technology sector, are now looking to add an experienced Electronics Engineer to join their team to work on the development of their next generation of products.

Their engineering team is made up on a multidiscipline team of likeminded people including sports scientists, electronics engineers, mechanical engineers and software d evelopers and they are looking for Electronics Engineers who are keen to work as part of a team whilst taking ownership over their own time and workload.

Responsibilities:

Work through the full electronic design process of our next generation of products.
Take ownership of sections of our new products, developing solutions to our unique challenges.
Tackle complex technical problems with a balanced mix of analytic and hands-on approaches.
Develop new ideas and clearly communicate them with the rest of the engineering team.
Support the pre-compliance analysis and testing of new products.

This role will suit electronics engineers who are passionate about technology and keen to develop state of the art hardware to allow people to gain more insight into the live sports sector. You will be keen to be part of a team and be motivated by working on a variety of projects with the chance to contribute throughout the full lifecycle.

Skills and Experience:

PCB design and schematic capture – Altium ideally
Digital and analogue circuit design
Experience through the entire product design process
Proficient with test equipment (oscilloscope, dmm, logic analyzer etc)

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Experience working with products including RF (GPS, BT, UWB).
Experience in a smaller company or start-up environment
Experience designing digital, battery powered electronics around a microcontroller.

Apply today with an up to date CV or contact Laurence Powell or Chris Oddy at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.