Embedded Software Engineer

Position: Embedded Software Engineer (Permanent)
Location: Lewes

Embedded Software Engineer

Role Overview

The overall responsibility of the Embedded Software Engineer is to design and implement software for embedded devices, working as part of the Global R&D organisation on products targeted towards the Onshore, Offshore and Transportation markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining C / C++ application code running on ARM-based Linux and RTOS platforms

• Writing code that is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient and adaptable to changing requirements

• Contributing to software architecture and design decisions

• Writing unit and integration tests; supporting formal verification activities

• Working in a structured environment following safe and secure development principles

• Reviewing the code of peers with a focus on correctness and maintainability

Skills Required

The successful candidate will:

• Proactively assess and eliminate root cause when faced with technical barriers

• Be a team player, comfortable working in a close-knit team and building strong professional relationships

• Actively support less-experienced members of the team by helping them with their development, providing guidance and setting a good example

• Take responsibility for any failures in the project and take action to prevent them in the future, embracing and sharing the learning

• Be inquisitive to understand products and customer use cases

• Be able to work independently, proactively making decisions, problem solving and driving issues to a conclusion

• Have good communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Organise and communicate on own work activities aligned with wider business objectives

• Have strong technical skills and a desire to develop these

• Be hands-on with using hardware and software and, ideally, be familiar with electronic test equipment

Knowledge & Experience Required

• 3+ years of professional software development experience

• Strong proficiency in C++ - solid understanding of memory management, concurrency and SOLID design principals

• Embedded Linux experience; cross-compilation, BSP familiarity, device interfaces

• Comfortable working with networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, UDP multicast, socket programming

• Experience developing and maintaining cross-platform applications in Qt

• Experience with build systems (CMake) and version control (Git)

• Ability to read and contribute to technical specifications and architecture documents

Education & Qualifications

• Good degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or similar background