An embedded engineer with firmware development and debugging skills is required for our design center in Cardiff. Working in small versatile Agile teams, the candidate will be involved in product design and sustaining activities on a range of PACS RFID access control products. The candidate needs to be able to effectively manage their time to support work on a variety of products at different stages of the products lifecycle, and be able to collaborate well with colleagues from different departments both onsite and overseas. If this sounds like you keep on reading Who are we? HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Join our winning team, Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) at our Cardiff location. The PACS business is highly visible and one of our most significant portfolios within HID Global. The PACS products include smart cards, mobile access and identifications, software, services and controllers for physical access control. As our Firmware Engineer, you will support HID’s success by: • Implementation of embedded firmware designs and test solutions primarily in C and C# • Creation of design documentation. • Practical hands-on experience working with and debugging embedded systems. • Ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision. What we will love about your background: • Ability to write low to medium complexity coded solutions. • Experience with embedded C, bare metal and RTOS applications. • Able to use standard development software: debuggers, editors, compilers. • Comfortable at working at low level (e.g. GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C) • Able to demonstrate experience with software version control. • Good knowledge of cryptographic systems. Your Experience and Education include: • Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience. • Minimum of 1 years of related industry experience. Additional Beneficial Skills/Experience • Good working knowledge of C# • Smart Card ISO7816 and RFID ISO 14443/15693 protocols • Implementation experience of cryptographic solutions including symmetric & ideally PKI asymmetric. • I2C and SPI protocols. • Jenkins automation server/client programming. • NUnit test framework. • Scripting languages e.g. Python. • CMock unit testing. • Design experience with secure elements