Embedded Firmware Engineer

SWINDON, UK – PERMANENT

Our Client, a leading industrial technology company with over a century of expertise, specialises in sensors, controllers, software, and mission-critical solutions. Serving diverse industries like automotive, aviation, and HVAC, their innovative products enhance safety, efficiency, and connectivity. With a global workforce of 21,000 and operations in 16 countries, they continue to drive advancements in industrial technology.

Job Overview:
Our Client is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated mid-level embedded firmware engineer to help lead our software development to the next level. With a solid background understanding of electronics combined with lots of experience in modern software practices, they will be able to bring innovative designs and quality processes to the team. The candidate will need a degree in engineering, electronics, computer science or similar and have 3-5 years experience of in embedded firmware development using C or C++, preferably with GCC, git and Linux. A familiarity with Continuous Integration and Deployment, automated build and release processes will be valuable in ensuring that we continue delivering quality products and software on time.

You will play a key role in architecting our current and next-generation TPMS software platform to service our existing wide range of global automotive customers. Further, the new platform will allow rapid development and growth in sales in untapped new markets. During the silicon design process, for customer-specific ASICs and TPMS, you will develop the software and frameworks required to ensure the chips are fit for purpose before we commit to fabrication.

Responsibilities:

Some experience using C++ in any capacity, professional or personal / hobby use.
Skilled with scripting methods, such as Python, bash, shell, perl etc.
Understanding of register maps and memory spaces within SoCs.
Experience analysing waveforms from oscilloscopes.
Knowledge of interfaces such as SPI, I2C, parallel busses etc.
Confidence with Linux.
GCC, makefiles, linker scripts, GDB, git, gitlab or github, CI/CD, automated build systems.
Development of simple applications on PCs, (Linux or Windows), for internal test purposes.
MISRA / quality-assurance techniques and ability read and understand schematics.
Configuring IDEs such as Eclipse, VSCode, UltraEdit etc.
Experience of VHDL / Verilog for ASIC / FPGA design.
Unit test and HIL test frameworks.

Education/Work Experience Requirements:

A university degree in Engineering, Electronics, ASIC/FPGA design, Computer Science or similar required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or 3-5 years of professional experience, coding embedded C on bare-metal / RTOS CPUs to production readiness
Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organisation including suppliers and/or external customers