About the role
Electronic Modular Services(EMS) now has an opportunity for a Firmware and Test Development Engineer in our state of the art Engineering facility Herne Bay, Kent.
A business division within a larger organization, EMS main area of expertise is in the development of wire free radio linked safety systems. Core products include wireless fire detection and evacuation devices; smoke and heat detectors, sounders, fire panels, wireless networking of control systems, associated desktop configuration tools and cloud based services.
You will be part of an international team with a diverse family of products, brands and services that already has a significant impact on the safety of people around the world.
Working with us will allow you to participate in every aspect of product development – technology research, product innovation, system analysis, defining architecture, code creation, system qualification and cooperation with test laboratories to deliver and shape the life safety systems of the future.
As part of the firmware team you will be helping in the following roles:
1. Specifying and/or implementing test interfaces on new embedded projects.
2. Implementing automatic and semi automatic testing using off the shelf or bespoke test equipment.
3. Development and implementation of unit test framework.
4. Specification, design and implementation of firmware for new product development.
A successful candidate will have good knowledge of standard lab test equipment and at least one of the following programming languages:
5. C/C++/C#.
6. Python.
7. Labview.
The following skills are useful, but training will be given where required:
8. Ability to read schematics.
9. Use of spectrum analysers.
10. Use of Source code repository GIT.
11. MSOffice Applications.
Benefits
12. Salary based on candidate’s experience.
13. Flexible working hours
14. Company pension scheme
15. BRAVO award recognition scheme
16. Employee scholarship scheme
17. 25 days holidays plus bank holidays, plus option to purchase additional days
18. Benefits Central Platform hosting employee reward and recognition initiatives and health and wellbeing resources
19. Optional healthcare cashback scheme
20. Death in service insurance
21. Paid sick leave
22. Career development opportunities within company structure
Our commitment to you
Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is .