Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Based: High Wycombe
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £80,000 pa + excellent benefits
Our Client is an award winning global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products across various brands; making regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For.
Music technology is an enriching space to work in, our Client enjoys a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation throughout its business.
Seeking a Senior Embedded Software engineer wanting to join an innovative team with a passion for creating audio products in applications including live music performance, studio recording and education.
The Role:
On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for developing high quality embedded software for synthesisers and controllers. You will be involved in the whole product lifecycle; refining product specifications, producing innovative designs, generating complexity/work estimates, fixing issues and engaging with a multi-discipline team. Project work is typically managed in a combination of stage gated and agile methodologies to suite the technical discipline and project complexity. Our Client is committed to improving and you will have opportunity to help evolve our working practices to keep up to date with technology trends in our product sector and best practice in the software development industry.
To be successful in your application for this role you will need:
* Competent coding skills in both C and C++
* An understanding of embedded firmware architecture and ability to balance technical trade-offs
* A commitment to continual personal improvement, as well as improvement of the wider team
* Excellent design, debugging and problem-solving abilities
* The ability to clearly articulate problems and solutions for both technical and non-technical audiences
* Be able to guide, mentor and develop others
It would be advantageous if you have some of the following:
* MCU programming experience (STM32/ARM ideally)
* Knowledge of bare metal software designs
* Familiarity with real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS/Zephyr)
* Familiarity with wireless communications technology (e.g. BT, WiFi)
* A technical or engineering-based degree and 3+ years of industry experience in embedded software development projects.
* Experience with reading schematics and hardware interfaces (SPI, UART, I2C)
* Experience of working using Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
* Test driven development (TDD); unit, integration, automated and system testing experience
* Understanding of code management systems e.g. Git, SVN
* Knowledge of continuous integration; specifically GitHub Actions and
Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free canteen lunch. Company training sessions alongside personal development opportunities.