Stratton Recruitment are delighted to be working with an independent technology company where scientists, engineers and designers collaborate to invent and develop new products and technologies – Your work will help facilitate life-changing inventions! This is a fantastic opportunity to join as an Embedded Software Engineer on their multidisciplinary Next G Communications team! Based within their Deep Tech business unit, you’ll be collaborating with some of the world’s most forward-thinking corporate clients and technology start-ups, to leverage their multidisciplinary science, technology, and engineering skillset, with the aim to help clients build Next Generation Communications technology components and full end-to-end solutions.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will be involved in all stages of software and product development including analysis, system architecture, prototype design, implementation and test development.

Your solutions will be implemented using a range of tools often with the freedom to select the best one for the job. As well as bringing depth in embedded software engineering, your technical breadth will enable you to quickly grasp new ideas and collaborate effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds. You will contribute to ambitious projects, working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams with a high degree of devolved responsibility. Your project planning skills and judgement will enable you to carefully balance the uncertainties of R&D with time and budget constraints. High levels of communication, alignment, and trust enable each team member’s insight and energy to shape outcomes and contribute to team goals.

You will grow strong, collaborative relationships with clients and our prospective clients, understanding them along with their strategy and vision, developing solutions that they buy into, and maintaining this understanding and buy-in through the success of challenging technology projects.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Electronics and software, computer science or a related discipline

High proficiency embedded C

Knowledge of micro-controller architecture and typical features. Knowledge of peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART/RS232 etc

Experience using micro-controller debuggers and oscilloscopes and RTOS experience

Bare-metal programming of micro-controllers, Python capability, C++ capability

Ability to develop PC utilities for testing embedded systems (typical environments: C#, Python, C++)

Experience writing bootloaders, Able to read and understand a hardware schematic and Able to identify real time constraints of a system

Benefits

Our clients working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and technical collaboration, while providing you with the freedom to do your best work. Just some of their benefits are as follows:

• Annual profit-related bonus
• Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments
• Life insurance worth 6 x salary
• 25 days holiday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, with the option to return part-time for a year
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• A wide range of activities including squash, Zumba, and yoga
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and membership
• A comprehensive relocation package is also available, if applicable