Firmware Engineer

Mission:

We are seeking a highly talented and self-motivated Senior Firmware Engineer to work in our UK team. Based in the Plymouth office in a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days on site with occasional travel to other sites as required.

As an embedded firmware engineer you will have a structured approach to design and verification with demonstrable skills in selecting appropriate software architectures. You will be able to produce efficient embedded software implementations and have a good appreciation of electronic hardware.

You will play a key role in the realisation of leading-edge smart heating products. It is key that you can demonstrate you are a natural collaborator with a successful track record of embedded software delivery in your career to date. You will have a passion for design excellence and demonstrate outstanding technical competence.

Key responsibilities:

• Full lifecycle involvement in detailed design, code development, maintenance, and validation for new and existing product lines in line with the business needs.
• Collaborate with other global teams to ensure the timely delivery of new products according to agreed timescales
• Adopt in-house best practice for code integrity and design validation
• You will collaborate with the systems design engineers, test engineers, and product owners to form acceptance criteria which you will develop code against.
• You will mentor junior team members to support the team development as a whole.

Skills and attributes:

• You should have proven skills in object orientated development and modern C++, ideally in embedded microcontroller firmware development on Microcontroller families such as Si-Labs, Microchip, and TI.
• Experience of low-power wireless communications, such as Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• You will be able to demonstrate experience in Continuous Integration and distributed revision control tools along with bug tracking platforms (such as Git, Jira, confluence)
• Ideally you will have experience of development in an Agile environment and understand the concepts of the methodology.
• You will have experience of firmware development environments including compilers, debuggers, emulators and toolchains
• Good understanding of electronics and microcontroller-based embedded systems for consumer products
• You will have a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical/electronic Engineering or equivalent degree or experience.

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What we offer you:

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme, 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays, Holiday Buy & Sell programme, Pension Scheme, Employee Share Ownership Programme, Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options, Gym Flex, Open Talent Market (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally), Shopping & Dining Discounts, Learning Portal and much more.

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