Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Elite People Partners Ltd
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Senior Embedded Software and Verification Engineer £40k £55k Bristol

My client is looking for anSenior Embedded Software and Verification Engineerto join their high performing team who are working on innovative projects. Due to the success of the company, they have been expanding their team. They are a leader in the Embedded Safety and Security market. Due to the nature of my clients work any of the following Safety Software Development to standards would be of significant interest to them:IEC 61508, DO 178B/C, ISO26262, IEC 62304

Role and Responsibility:

To participate in RTOS product development, including, porting to different processor architectures, testing to recognised safety standards, production of design and test documentation.

You will be part of our group of experts working to advance our portfolio of embedded software products including our safety critical real time operating system SAFERTOS. You will be developing projects for our clients customers, ranging from small dynamic start-ups to some of the worlds most prestigious global technology companies.

The main skills needed for the Embedded Engineer role are:

  • C and Assembler
  • Embedded Systems Design
  • Experience of software development within a controlled, safety critical environment

Highly desirable additional skills and experience are:

  • Requirements / configuration management
  • Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle
  • Experience of using RTOS, ideally FreeRTOS or SAFERTOS
  • Low level embedded engineering experience in a range of hardware environments. Working at processor level Cortex M3, M4, A7
  • Experience in a range of architectures, including ARM, MIPS, Power
  • Safety Software Development to standards: IEC 61508, DO 178B/C, ISO26262, IEC 61508, IEC 62304
  • Networking TCP, UDP
  • Embedded software security
  • Multicore devices
  • Sector Experience of interest:Automotive, Space, Aviation, Aerospace

Salary and Benefits:

  • Salary £40,000 £55,000 per annum
  • Hybrid Working 3 Days a week on-site (Flexible Start and Finish Times)
  • Annual salary review.
  • Annual bonus of up to 5% of salary, dependent on Company and individual performance.
  • Employer pension contribution of 8% basic salary. This covers the total % required under auto enrolment and means that the employee does not have to make a pension contribution if they do not wish to.
  • 3 weeks sickness absence at full pay in the first year rising to 26 weeks after 4 years service.
  • Income Protection Insurance of 75% of salary covering long term sickness, eligible after 12 months service.
  • Death in Service insurance (life assurance) providing a lump sum of 7 times salary, enrolled after 3 months service.
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 26 days after 2 years, 27 days after 5 years and 28 days after 8 years.
  • Free access to professional development delivered through our Enterprise Partnership with the IET
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Modern offices & equipment sit / stand electric height adjustable desks, dual monitors etc.

My client offers a 3-stage process that can be completed within 2 weeks subject to your availability.


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