Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer

Role Overview

The overall responsibility of the Embedded Software Engineer is to design and implement software for Embedded devices, working as part of the Global R&D organisation on products targeted towards the Onshore, Offshore and Transportation markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining C/C++ application code running on ARM-based Linux and RTOS platforms
• Writing code that is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient and adaptable to changing requirements
• Contributing to software architecture and design decisions
• Writing unit and integration tests; supporting formal verification activities
• Working in a structured environment following safe and secure development principles
• Reviewing the code of peers with a focus on correctness and maintainability

Skills Required

The successful candidate will:

• Proactively assess and eliminate root cause when faced with technical barriers
• Be a team player, comfortable working in a close-knit team and building strong professional relationships
• Actively support less-experienced members of the team by helping them with their development, providing guidance and setting a good example
• Take responsibility for any failures in the project and take action to prevent them in the future, embracing and sharing the learning
• Be inquisitive to understand products and customer use cases
• Be able to work independently, proactively making decisions, problem solving and driving issues to a conclusion
• Have good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Organise and communicate on own work activities aligned with wider business objectives
• Have strong technical skills and a desire to develop these
• Be hands-on with using hardware and software and ideally, be familiar with electronic test equipment

Knowledge & Experience Required

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C++ - solid understanding of memory management, concurrency and SOLID design principals
• Embedded Linux experience; cross-compilation, BSP familiarity, device interfaces
• Comfortable working with networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, UDP multicast, socket programming
• Experience developing and maintaining cross-platform applications in Qt
• Experience with build systems (CMake) and version control (Git)
• Ability to read and contribute to technical specifications and architecture documents

Education & Qualifications

• Good degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or similar background