Job Description

Innovation is the heart of Brunswick. See how your contributions will help transform vision into reality:

Position Overview:

You’ll be working as part of a team developing automatic steering solutions for recreational and commercial vessels.

You'll be knowledgeable in the full software development life cycle, working on requirement gathering, technical development as well as testing and quality assurance. You will be lucky enough to work closely with some of the most talented people in the industry including our R&D engineering department as you support and design solutions that extend our product development capabilities.

We design our own hardware and Marine OS platforms, using Linux, Zephyr, Android and proprietary operating systems. Working on cutting edge technologies, across the very latest and greatest products that Navico will bring to market, you'll be expected to contribute creatively bringing innovative problem solving and troubleshooting experience.

At Brunswick, we have passion for our work and a distinct ability to deliver.

Essential Functions:

• Development of software components, practicing a "you build it, you own it" mentality
• Participate in creating robust, maintainable and extensible systems using software development best practices
• Development in C/C++, Python, Kotlin, embedded development proficiency.
• Advocate for CI/CD, test automation and against short-term thinking that drives up technical debt.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary design team
• Review and create the technical requirements, best practices, test and validation procedures for the software.
• Actively contribute to the design, specification, development and testing of software components
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deliver these to a global audience.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills and experience
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement innovative technologies to maximize development efficiency

Diversity of thought and experiences is fundamental when imagining the unimaginable. Certain skillsets/experiences are necessary; however, others can be developed along the way.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in a software development
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer engineering, computer science or related engineering field.
• Experience with embedded software development in C and C++
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines; accomplish work in order of priority; professionally maintain composure and effectiveness under pressure and changing conditions.
• Strong knowledge of embedded software, CANBus, networking, hardware, ML.
• Experience with instrumentation and control development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience of unit and integration testing
• Experience with Python or Kotlin
• Passion for boating or at least comfortable with product testing on boats.
• Experience with Atlassian, Visual Studio, Google Test

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid Working (3 days in the office in Southampton), other times at home
• Office working environment with some time spent in test labs
• Will be expected to perform sea trials and testing on a boat regularly

Why Brunswick:

Whatever tomorrow brings, we’ll be at the leading edge. As the clear leader in the marine industry, we’re committed to our values and supporting our exceptional people. We offer and encourage growth opportunities within and across our many brands. In addition, we’re proud of being recognized for making a splash with numerous awards!

About Navico Group :

Navico Group is a stand-alone division of Brunswick, the world’s largest recreational marine business.

Navico Group is the global leader in technology, systems and solutions for a variety of industries, from Marine & RV to Specialty Vehicles and beyond. Our broad portfolio consists of the industry's leading brands in Power Systems, Digital Systems, Fishing Systems, and Performance Components including Ancor, Attwood, B&G, BEP, Blue Sea Systems, C-MAP, CZone, Garelick, Lenco, Lowrance, Marinco, MotorGuide, Mastervolt, ProMariner, RELiON, Simrad and Whale.

Our team is committed and driven, every day, to be the most trusted supply partner to the marine and mobile industries...and beyond.