The Company

A market leading engineering company undergrowing a significant period of growth now require a Senior Embedded Software Engineer.

The Role

• In depth technical knowledge in specialist acting as a local authority, sharing expertise as required and ensuring best practice is followed to raise standards.
• Ability to lead embedded system and software architecture design within a project.
• Perform reviews of project software documentation and ensuring correct procedures are implemented and followed within own projects.
• Prepare scope definitions for suitable technology studies within area of responsibility.
• Keeping up to date with technical developments within specialist areas.
• Mentoring of other engineers.
• Identifying and implementing appropriate software tools and methods for embedded software development within own projects.
• Draw on technical knowledge to solve problems.
• A capacity to deal with reasonably complex issues, good problem-solving skills with a structured and methodical approach are essential.
• Define and communicate implementation strategy of R and D and software development related
• processes for own projects and propose model for local implementation.
• Assisting in identifying required team skills and competencies within area of expertise Interfaces.
• Good communication skills and work well with other senior members of the project team to ensure effective cooperation of full multidisciplinary team members
• Ability to effectively manage conflict.
• Regular contact with international colleagues to discuss common issues, identify potential platform strategies and re-use, process implementation etc.
• Liaise with relevant technical and managerial representatives within suppliers to ensure department/project objectives are being met.

The Person

• Degree in electronic/software engineering or equivalent.
• Developing software for low power microcontrollers (PIC, ARM).
• Safety related coding standards such as MISRA C.
• Continuous integration methods and tools.
• Developing software in line with coding standards.
• Applying safety lifecycles and ‘V’ development model.
• Embedded C/C++ skills using structured and OO methodologies.
• Code analysis, unit testing, verification and validation.
• Reading and understand circuit schematic diagrams of embedded systems.

The Benefits

• An excellent salary.
• Hybrid working.
• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.