Software Engineer

Are you searching for a new opportunity that will allow you to play your part in creating a cleaner and healthier world? Here at Servomex, our gas analysis solutions help our customers to provide cleaner power generation, better healthcare, cleaner air and carbon free fuels - to name just a few.

We are proud to invest significantly in research, employing a diverse mix of industry-leading scientists and engineers. Our current patent portfolio covers filings across 19 innovations, seven technology types and seven countries.

We are excited to be recruiting for an additional Associate Software Engineer to join our global Technology team, the successful candidate will develop, maintain and enhance development tooling, and manufacturing test and tuning equipment for precision gas analysers.

Discovering and unleashing our employees' potential is key to our global success - we look forward to receiving your application.

About the Opportunity:

• Support estimation of accurate, achievable estimates for work packages.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks, communicate progress and seek help when needed.
• Contribute to translation of customer requirements into detailed system, architectural, mathematical and software requirements.
• Translate requirements into software applications using current tool chains, with supervision.
• Develop and perform unit tests and maximise test coverage.
• Participate in design reviews and seek feedback to improve understanding, outcomes and design approval from the business.
• Contribute to the development of Test, Support and Development infrastructure.
• Prepare production data including technical data packs and test specifications.
• Stay informed about electronics technology trends, their selection and appropriate application.
• Collaborate with suppliers and team members to identify suitable components and material.
• Contribute ideas to support innovative solutions and continuous improvement.
• Develop Embedded software for a range of gas sensing products, with mentoring and support.
• Implement mathematical algorithms in software with guidance.
• Engage in full product lifecycle, from requirements to release, with a learning mindset.
• Ensure code is robust and resilient to deliver high availability.

About your Talent:

Essential skills and experience:

• Familiarity with data management and data visualisation tools, and an interest in developing these skills.
• Experience with a variety of open-source software tools and libraries, with a desire to explore and apply these to real world scenarios.
• Awareness of DevOps practises and infrastructure.
• An understanding of (Web) UI design principles and a willingness to contribute to user interface development.
• A good understanding of mathematical concepts and numerical analysis techniques.
• Appreciation for science and interest in cutting-edge sensor technologies.
• Understanding of electronic circuits and components.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Appreciation of signal processing techniques.
• Awareness of how machine learning can be integrated into scientific or engineering workflows and systems to improve accuracy, efficiency or automation.
• Experience using GenAI assisted coding and tools.

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science - or related technical / scientific / engineering subjects. A degree is not a prerequisite if relevant experience can be demonstrated.

"From day one, I was encouraged by my team members and management to explore, learn, and grow; I lead testing activities, driving quality control throughout the development lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams."

"I feel fortunate to be part of a company that values its employees' growth and well-being as much as their contributions. Servomex has been more than a workplace for me-it has been a place of learning, growth, and genuine support."

Carol Tuscano, Senior V&V Engineer

Location: Crowborough, East Sussex, UK

Hybrid Working: During the initial induction phase, the successful candidate will be based onsite each day. After this period, a hybrid working pattern can be adopted.

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday (flexible start and finish times)

Salary range - £40,000 to £55,000

The above salary range represents a general guideline; Servomex considers several factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

• Discretionary Company Bonus
• Opportunities for growth & development through our structured Talent Management System
• Annual Performance Review
• Personal Pension Plan (up to 10.5% employer contribution)
• Employee Wellbeing Programme managed by our dedicated Health and Wellbeing Manager
• 25 days' annual leave with option to buy more + Bank Holidays + Company Shutdown Day
• Life Assurance (4 x Salary)
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits & pay
• Staff Referral Scheme and Long Service Awards
• Global Recognition Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free Parking

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates with a disability may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any such adjustments during the application process. Please note we will also make reasonable adjustments wherever possible to enable employees to complete their roles to the best of their ability.

Unleash your true potential with a career at Servomex .

Become part of the Servomex team - with increasing demand within the gas sensing sector, we take our responsibility as the global leader in the sector very seriously. We offer a rewarding and thriving career, where your talent will be honed and unleashed.

As a global organization we have many career paths that suit candidates from entry level, including graduates and apprentices, to experienced candidates seeking opportunities at leadership level. At Servomex we understand that most of the best ideas come from our people and we actively encourage our employees to be involved in company decisions, organisational changes and innovation. The views and ideas of every employee are important to us.

Due to the agile nature of the business, many of our people start off on one career path and end up on another. Discovering and unleashing our employees' potential is key to our success.

The world expert in gas analysis, Servomex has established itself as the leading provider of reliable, accurate and stable gas measurement solutions to industries across the globe.

An acknowledged innovator in gas analysis technologies for more than 70 years, Servomex is the originator of, and world leader, in Paramagnetic sensing technology and has an exceptional reputation in the development of Calorimetry, Coulometric, FID, Gas Chromatography, Infrared, Laser Moisture, Plasma, Spectroscopic, Thermal Conductivity Tunable Diode Laser and Zirconia technologies.

With a leading edge in R&D and manufacturing maintained by two Technical Centers based in Crowborough, UK and Boston, Massachusetts, Servomex delivers high performance, cost effective gas analysis, through a portfolio of dependable products.

Servomex has extensive experience of working with multi-national companies, providing extensive expertise and applications knowledge across a variety of industries, including power generation, hydrocarbon processing, industrial gases, and UHP/semiconductors, closely matching customer requirements.

The company's commitment to providing a complete industry solution to gas analysis extends across its business, with the Hummingbird Sensing Technology (winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2022) brand delivering sensor technology to OEM partners.

Servomex is committed to providing excellence in customer service, offering full sales and service support through global business centers based in Houston, Texas;Europe, Middle East, Shanghai, China; and Mumbai, India.

Servomex is part of Spectris plc the FTSE 250 company, productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company.

Servomex cares about the health and wellbeing of its employees, developing and maintaining a working environment which promotes and supports both physical and mental wellbeing; encouraging openness, flexibility and a healthy work-life balance.

The Company is also committed to creating a culture of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities, where every applicant is assessed fairly for employment based solely on merit, where every employee has the opportunity to fulfil their potential and where fairness, inclusion and equal opportunities exist throughout employment.