Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Warwickshire

Salary: £50-70K

Our client is a growth-stage high-technology engineering company working at the leading edge of power electronics and battery technologies.
With established roots in motorsport and the automotive industry, they serve the growing demands of any industry that is looking to embrace electrification to improve its cost performance and environmental footprint.

Our client specialises in high efficiency, compact and high-performance DC-DC converters, motor drive inverters, battery management systems and other power electronics topologies to support electrification of all industries.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take responsibility for the technical delivery of one or more projects and ensure that the team of engineers on those projects understand their tasks and responsibilities.
You will take ownership for your own tasks and will endeavour to deal with issues using your own acumen. You will communicate closely with the Project Management team and will escalate issues when appropriate.
You will have sufficient technical knowledge and capability that you can understand new concepts and principles driven by the founder and Chief Technical Officer and drive relevant work scopes into the engineering team.
You will integrate your own methods and ideas to deliver the company's technical innovations.
You will understand the fundamentals of power electronics both in terms of software and hardware and you will be driven by your belief in the importance of both for future mobility, industry and the supporting infrastructure.
Lastly, you will enjoy working as part of a close-knit team where every individual's contribution matters and where you will have the freedom to interact directly with every member of the business.
Minimum educational qualifications:

Degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
Previous Experience:

You will have a minimum of five years working within a similar field of embedded software design or application ideally for the control of power electronics
You will have coached one or more junior engineers

Other advantageous skills

Experience using version control and change management tools
Experience with Model Based Software Development using Matlab/Simulink and auto C code generation using Embedded Coder/Targetlink
Experience with AUTOSAR based toolchain
Experience in writing 'apps' for Android and iOS
Experience of working in the automotive industry
Knowledge of writing software for high voltages and high currents
Experience of DFMEAResponsibilities

To fulfil the role, you will:

Support the development of, and ensure adherence to, project plans
Interpret internal/customer specifications and ensure adherence to requirements documentation
Analyse, refine and decompose high level requirements to generate software requirements
Have experience across all phases of V style software development cycle
Have experience with software architecture design, component identification and interface definition
Implement embedded software to drive power electronics components including embedded code, APIs and user interfaces
Demonstrate C programming skills as per coding guidelines such as MISRA. Have experience with communication protocols such as CAN, I2C, SPI, Flexray, LIN and writing drivers for them
Have experience or some familiarity of EV charging protocols such as CHAdeMO, CCS, OCPP
Have experience with 32-bit MCUs such as TI C2000, Infineon Tricore AURIX family etc.
Understand low-level electronics and be able to trace schematics as required during software debugging and testing
Write unit, integration and system level test specification and test the embedded software as per test specifications
Support simulation activities for power electronics devices
Have experience working within A-SPICE, ISO26262 (or equivalent) Systems Process management
Be familiar with ASIL ratings and Functional Safety
Support product documentation (user manuals, etc.)
Be comfortable working directly with customers including, from time to time, on site at their premises
Understand the importance of test, quality assurance and release processes and ensure strict adherence to these at all times
Demonstrate a self-motivated approach to problem solving
Be capable of the highest quality of communication with the Project Management team, the Engineering Manager and customersCompany Benefits

Unlimited leave
5% employer's pension contribution
Salary sacrifice pension scheme available
Group life insurance (four times basic annual salary) with Employee Assistance Programme
Group income protection insurance
Optional private medical insurance. **Please note: Our client is unable to support visa sponsorship for this role