Senior Software Engineer
Surrey
£c75,000
Purpose of the Role
The purpose of the senior Software Engineer is to create, maintain and release high quality software to
schedule, in accordance with Company standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* The purpose of the senior Software Engineer is the design, coding, debugging, testing and maintenance of software for embedded applications encompassing both low-level microprocessor code as well as higher level software designs running within an embedded operating system environment
* This will be undertaken alongside other technical activities while working with hardware and software engineers to deliver specific project goals derived from future product requirements
* Responsibilities will include the development and implementation of application logic, peripheral drivers, protocols, human-machine interfaces and documentation of the same
* A key element of the role will be the delivery of software within agreed timescales and to budget
* The right candidate will be capable of designing and delivering robust code.
* Demonstration of competence in using C is essential as is embedded
* programming experience of both low level and high level code
Outline of Competencies:
* Experience of developing software through entire lifecycle.
* Ability to work independently without need for close supervision.
* Ability to analyse process or tools to propose improvements where applicable.
Qualifications and Experience required:
* Team working ability and drive to deliver on time
* C experience in an embedded environment
* Experience of embedded processors and real-time operating systems
* Experience of interfacing with hardware devices and peripherals
* Solid understanding of software development life-cycles and processes
* Experience of requirement analysis, software design and software architecture
* Experience with source control tools such as SubVersion and Git
* Behavioural: self-starting, adaptable, problem solving
Desirable:
* C++ experience in an embedded environment
* Object Oriented Design and Programming experience
* Familiarity with desktop application, GUI/event-based design
* Knowledge of issue-tracking tools, such as Jira.
* Knowledge of releasing software to Production
* Knowledge of DO-178 would be advantageous
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