Embedded Engineer

Primarily working on electro-mechanical medical product designs the Embedded Engineer Produce C and Assembler code for STM32, ATMega and PIC Microcontrollers to UK, EU and US medical standards.

A graduate with 1-2 years’ experience would be considered.

4 day working week Monday to Thursday.

The Embedded Engineer’s responsibilities and duties include the following:

• Produce, program and test C and Assembler code for STM32, ATMega and PIC Microcontrollers
• Carry out release tests for new firmware and associated hardware
• Debug and troubleshoot firmware and circuit issues
• Generating the software architecture and communication protocols for microcontrollers and associated hardware
• Write technical documentation and compile technical files
• Follow defined development processes
• Integration design with other products
• Maintain an appropriate working knowledge of medical standards including but not limited to IEC 60601-1; ISO 14971; IEC 62366; ISO 62304; ISO 13485 & FDA guidelines CFR 21
• Ensure appropriate medical design and product regulations are applied
• Test prototypes and analyse data
• Keep up to date with developments in technologies and regulations
• Prepare product or design reports by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends
• Flexibility to work in all departments as and when required to fulfil business needs
• Mainly office based with some UK and foreign travel

Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Electronics/Computer Science or other relevant discipline
• Proficient in C with at least two years industry experience
• Experience with Microcontroller software and circuit design
• Experience of unit testing and writing well-structured code
• Good verbal and written skills
• Analytical approach to fault finding
• Serial interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART etc.)
• Version control (Git & SVN)
• Familiarity with MCU's and Single-Board Computers
• RTOS experience would be an advantage but not mandatory
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and to tight timescales
• Analog and digital Electronics design
• Schematic and PCB Design using CADStar
• Quality Focused
• Analysing Information

Strong understanding of the importance of quality and health and safety in the workplace, working to quality, health and safety, and Company procedures and processes.