Senior Embedded Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Shepton Mallet; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Role: 1x Senior Software Engineer

Location: Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Hybrid working is available once candidate has successfully integrated into the team (minimum 60% office-based hours).

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 + amazing benefits

** Please note this role is exclusive to People Source so you must apply via this advert**

My client is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer, this role is critical to the successful performance of the electronics team, so expectation is of a minimum of 5 years of experience working in an engineering design environment using the essential skillset stated.

Your initial project will be support for new feature development and bug fixing using Qt and maintenance and enhancement of existing products using C/Java.

Daily Role:

• Development/maintenance of software within the company portfolio for both upcoming and existing systems.
• Collaboration across functional disciplines to solve software problems as well as for the development of new features.
• Develop clean/efficient/testable code.
• Perform code review/pull requests to ensure quality standards are met.
• Participate in technical design/architecture discussions.
• Support junior engineers with mentoring/guidance.
• Work within an agile team, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Requirement and design specifications.
• Support the creation of help topics and operational manuals.

Must have skills:

• Broad software development experience, working with multi-threaded real-time applications, specifically interacting with proprietary and off-the-shelf hardware.
• Experience with Qt framework for developing libraries/GUI's (Qt Widgets).
• Experience with unit test/mock frameworks (SOLID/TDD), with a strong working knowledge of gmock/gtest.
• Proficiency in C/C++ (C++17 and newer).
• Proficiency with cmake toolchain.
• Proficiency building third-party libraries for Linux.
• Experience with installer/deployment of applications for Linux/Windows (RPM/Autotools/Wix).
• Experience with ethernet and serial communication protocols.

Desired Skills:

• Embedded, 32-bit microcontroller, ARM, PIC.
• Java, Python.
• PHP, SQL, BASH, HTML.
• Subversion.
• PostgreSQL/SQLite.
• I2C, One Wire comms, PCI Bus.

Other information:

• You will be working a 38-hour week and start between 8am-9am, Monday to Friday. Finish between 4.30pm-5.30pm Monday to Thursday, 2.30pm Friday.
• Plus company benefits; 25 days annual leave, health care, training budget, e-learning subscription, option to purchase additional leave, pension, health cash plan, Employee Assistance Program.

How to apply?

Send a CV to

People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.