Embedded Engineer

Farnborough, Hants

Up to £70,000 + attractive benefits 

Role

We are working with an exciting/innovative robotics company, who have been tasked to create an autonomous underwater vehicle for a large scale, global client.

To support their continued growth, they are looking to recruit a talented Embedded Software Engineer, who will contribute to the design & development of embedded command-and-control software, for their in-house developed autonomous underwater drones.

Your skills/experience

• 4 + years relevant industry experience
• Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Mechatronic Engineering / Electronic Engineering or equivalent
• Proven experience in C/C++ based software and/or embedded system products 
• Experience with a scripting language (e.g., Python) and a shell-scripting language (e.g., Bash) 
• Proven experience with software development life cycle and in shipping software and/or embedded-system products to customers  
• Self-driven to deliver high quality software and can meet deadlines with confidence 
• Proactive attitude and a professional approach in working with crossdisciplinary teams 
• Excited to learn and equip themselves with new skills and technologies 
• Can develop software in C/C++ for various embedded system platforms 
• Able to collaborate with software & hardware engineers in development, testing and troubleshooting of software stack, during project milestone rollouts, in workshop and offshore environments 
• Willing to travel domestically & internationally

Desirable

• Proficiency in implementing drivers and applications using embedded systems communication protocols (for e.g., I2C, CAN, SPI, etc.)  
• Familiarity with embedded systems development using Rust programming language  
• Possess critical thinking skills to understand how the parts of a system work together  
• Experience in testing and validation of embedded systems  
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems (for e.g., FreeRTOS)  
• Experience building command-and-control software for autonomous vehicles or mission-critical systems  
• Experience in developing applications using a robotics middleware (for e.g., ROS)  
• Experience deploying software using continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines  
• Experience with a Version Control System (for e.g., Git)  
• Ability to effectively communicate technical subject matter

For more information, please forward your CV to: callum@oakmontconsulting.co.uk