Embedded Software Engineer

Description:

Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Warwickshire

Salary: £40-50K

Our client is a growth-stage high-technology engineering company working at the leading edge of power electronics and battery technologies. With established roots in motorsport and the automotive industry, they serve the growing demands of any industry that is looking to embrace electrification to improve its cost performance and environmental footprint.

Our client specialises in high efficiency, compact and high-performance DC-DC converters, motor drive inverters, battery management systems and other power electronics topologies to support electrification of all industries.

About the role

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work under supervision of Senior members of the team and contribute to the technical delivery of one or more projects.
You will be self-driven and take ownership for your own tasks and will endeavour to deal with issues using your own acumen. You will communicate closely with the Project Management team and will escalate issues when appropriate.
You will have sufficient technical knowledge and capability that you can understand new concepts and principles driven by the founder and Chief Technical Officer, and drive relevant work scopes into the engineering team.
You will understand the fundamentals of electronics both in terms of software and hardware and you will be driven by your belief in the importance of both for future mobility, industry and the supporting infrastructure.
Lastly, you will enjoy working as part of a close knit team where every individual's contribution matters and where you will have the freedom to interact directly with every member of the business.

Minimum educational qualifications

Degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent.Previous Experience

You will have a minimum of two years working within a similar field of embedded software design or application ideally for the control of power electronicsOther advantageous skills

Experience using version control and change management tools
Experience of working in the automotive industry
Knowledge of writing software for high voltages and high currents
Exposure to A-SPICE and ISO26262 (or equivalent) Systems Process management Responsibilities:

To fulfil the role you will:

Support the development of, and ensure adherence to, project plans
Interpret internal/customer specifications and ensure adherence
requirements documentation
Analyse, refine, and decompose high level requirements to generate software requirements
Implement, maintain, and document embedded software to fulfil software requirements
Implement embedded software to drive power electronics components included embedded code, APIs, and user interfaces
Demonstrate C programming skills as per coding guidelines such as MISRA
Have experience with communication protocols such as CAN, I2C, SPI, Flexray, LIN and writing drivers for them
Have experience with 32-bit MCUs such as TI C2000, Infineon Tricore AURIX family etc.
Understand low-level electronics and be able to trace schematics as required during software debugging and testing
Write unit, integration and system level test specification and test the embedded software as per test specifications
Support product documentation (user manuals, etc.)
Be comfortable working directly with customers including, from time to time, on site at their premises or in the field
Understand the importance of test, quality assurance and release processes and assure strict adherence to these at all time
Demonstrate a self-motivated approach to problem solving
Be capable of the highest quality of communication to the Project Management team, the Engineering Manager, and customersCompany Benefits

Unlimited Leave
5% contribution towards each staff members pension scheme
Group Life (4 times basic annual salary)
Employee Assistance Programme