Junior Mobile Application Engineer

Location: Cornwall

Salary: £25,000-£30,000 per annum, with half-yearly performance reports. Performance bonus for exceptional work

Reporting to: Director of Development with a dotted line to our Chief Technology Officer

Functional report to: Director of Development

Scope of role: Software development. Mobile app development

My clients are a creative engineering company that produces innovative products for the global Marine and Recreational Vehicle markets. The company has won a handful of technology innovation awards in the past 2 years.

They have several new innovative, leading edge R&D projects underway and are constantly updating their current product set in our quest for continuous improvement.

They are looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter, postgraduate that wants to join a highly talented team, and help them grow, in a combined Software development and mobile app development role.

The position is available for an immediate start and offers competitive compensation and benefits for the right candidate.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year work experience as a software engineer
• Competent at Mobile app development technologies.
  • Angular
  • Nativescript
  • Javascript
  • HTML5
  • Python
  • Java
• Graduate degree or diploma in Information Technology - Software development
• C or C++, Java, JS/HTML5, programming skills
• Good understanding of Electronics principles
• Good Database admin skills. Able to understand, create and maintain data base schemas
  • MySQL
  • Amazon RDS or Aurora
• Familiar with Agile principles and software development best practices
  • Jira
• Familiar with source control tools
  • Bitbucket

Desirable attributes

• Team player
• Able to work to deadlines
• Good communication and documentation skills
• Willing to do a combination of hands-on electronics programming tasks and related software interface programming related tasks
• Willing to learn low level electronics programming
  • CAN Open
  • C, C++
• Genuinely interested to work on cutting edge R&D projects, Bench testing and product validation
• Willing to learn new hands-on skills
• Strong interest in practical application of software control systems for electrical systems for the Marine and Recreational Vehicle industries

General Duties

Electrical Engineering and Software development tasks including:

1. Development and maintenance software to manage various electronics management applications A. Mobile Apps for IOS and Android B. Product firmware C. Product touch screen applications
2. Development of related firmware and enhancements
3. Preparation of test cycle plans and product validation
4. Oversee Product test cycles
5. Assist Electronics Engineering team with all electrical engineering tasks such as, Application Development, testing, FMEA and documentation
6. New R&D projects
   1. Participate in product and software brainstorming; design and roadmap
   2. Participate in Beta installations and validation Application Process