Embedded Systems Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Software and communication infrastructure to deploy analytics to edge devices.
• Work with their team and others, contributing to technical deliverables, design, development, and testing and delivery of prototype and pre-production firmware and software.
• Develop solution features from technical requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, engineering, and test to deliver high quality solutions that solve end-user problems.
• Take part in grooming Scrum backlogs and sprint planning.
• Support software QA and drives improving quality metrics.
• Apply industry-standard tools and best practices for embedded software development, including version control, CI/CD, and static analysis.
• Explore and recommend new tools and processes which can improve efficiency and compliance.
• Create and run DSP and machine learning workloads on the target hardware.
• Develop signal processing algorithms taking advantage of accelerated microcontroller instructions.
• Provide guidance on hardware-software integration, including interface definition, signal integrity considerations, and PCB layout collaboration.
• Develop a software-in-the-loop and processor-in-the-loop test harness for the target hardware.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or higher Degree(s) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 2-4 years of professional experience developing embedded C/C++, with a proven track record of shipping high quality products.
• Professional experience of a source code control system, preferably Git.
• C/C++ build systems, cross-compilation, and multiple code repositories.
• Development for real-time embedded Linux or RTOS, including thread synchronisation and communication and memory management.
• Good Hardware knowledge including understanding schematics and using HW drivers to achieve optimal communication.
• Working knowledge of inter-chip protocols and drivers (e.g. SPI, I2C), including the use of DMA.
• Experience in using signal processing algorithms (e.g. FFT, DWT, Digital Filtering).
• Matlab/Simulink code generation for embedded microcontrollers.
• Proven debugging skills rooted in an understanding of the underlying technologies.
• Abreast of upcoming software development/engineering tools, trends, and methodologies including Agile / Scrum.
• Good verbal and written communication skills including the ability to clearly explain technical concepts.
• Is dependable, accountable, and has strong time management and prioritization skills.

Preferred Expertise (in one or more of the following areas):

• Unit testing, with a testing framework, as part of the development process.
• Build and test automation (e.g., CI/CD workflows in GitHub Actions).
• Cybersecurity best practices, information and physical security, encryption, and secure coding practices.
• System simulation (e.g., QEMU, Renode).
• Knowledge of Software design principles and architecture patterns (e.g. SOLID, dependency injection, layered architecture).