Senior Firmware Engineer

Senior Firmware Engineer

North East, United Kingdom

I am delighted to be working with a global leader in radiation detection technology for the appointment of a Senior Firmware Engineer. This client develops handheld products for medical, nuclear, defence, and security sectors with a varied range.

They are now looking to expand their Firmware team and are looking for a Senior Firmware Engineer on a permanet, full time on site basis.

Key Responsibilities:

* Developing & enhancing handheld products

* Requirements gathering

* Firmware design, development and testing

* Software configuration management

* Working as part of a multi-discipline team

Key Skills & Competencies:

* Good problem-solving skills, able to work on own initiative and as part of a team

* Able to collaborate to support hardware design and development

* Able to easily pick up new technologies

Education/ Experience

Essential

* Strong Arm Cortex M4 bare-metal and RTOS embedded C firmware development

* Experience of communication technologies including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and USB

* Experience developing peripherals including I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, ADC

Desirable

* IAR EWARM development environment

* NXP M4 and crossover processors

* Knowledge and experience of battery technology and management in handheld products

* Processor power saving modes

* Experience of working with radiation

* Embedded Linux and Yocto

* Motor control systems

* C++ and python

Benefits package

* Life assurance 3 x salary

* Share options vesting over 3-year period

* 25 days holiday (pro-rated) + statutory days

* Pension scheme

* Option to join the private medical scheme

* Cycle to work scheme

* Medicash – Cash plan scheme to cover things such as prescription charges, routine dental and optical charges

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Free parking

If you are interested in this role please submit your CV below...