Location: Cambridge
Salary £36,000 to £55,000 DOE
Industry: Space Technology Electronics
Benefits: Contributory Pension, 25 days holiday + BHs, Free Parking, Cycle to Work Scheme, Hybrid Work up to 2 days remote, close to train station.
A fantastic opportunity for an Embedded Software Engineer has become available with a rapidly growing space technology company based in the Cambridge area. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company where R&D is at core of their work, as they deliver space technology designed to tackle some of the worlds most important challenges.
As the successful Embedded Software Engineer, you will join a small but growing team of highly passionate technology professionals and will be responsible for developing firmware in embedded C, for a range of microcontrollers and FreeRTOS, working closely with the electronics design engineers and other R&D team members.
Skills & Experience Required
- 2 or more years of experience working with Embedded Software systems.
- Excellent Embedded C and working knowledge of Python.
- Substantial experience with Cortex MCUs e.g. M7 or M4.
- Substantial development experience with Eclipse based IDEs and/or Keil.
- Substantial experience with FreeRTOS.
- Familiarity with I2C, SPI, and UART communication protocols.
- Familiarity working with peripherals such as ADCs and temperature sensors.
- Familiarity reading and interpreting hardware schematics.
- Experience troubleshooting issues using Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers.
Desirable skills & Experience
- Development experience with DC brush and/or Servo motors.
- Experience working with Version control software e.g. Bitbucket
- Comfortable with code reviews via pull requests.
- Experience working with Jira for software development purposes.
- Development experience with flight heritage sub-systems.
- Contributed to Test plan development.
- Experience with reviewing/maintaining documents such as Software Requirements & Specification (SRS), Software Architecture, and API documentation.
- VHDL and/or Verilog development experience in the context of Xilinx or Altera FPGAs.
This opportunity is open to both Junior & Senior applicants, so if you are a passionate Embedded Software Engineer / Firmware Engineer who seeks an opportunity in a growing collaborative work environment, then please apply now with your latest CV, or call Steve Powell at Owen Daniels Consultancy on to find out more.