Electronic Software Engineer

Salary: £40,000-£60,000

The Role:

We are working with a client who develop and maintain cutting-edge complex mission critical communications systems for harsh environment that ensure that complex issues that are faced in the real world which involve, sensors, acoustics, hydraulics, actuation systems and complex electronics and embedded systems are monitoring at peak levels. These systems also help to preserve life.

The business employ people who love solving complex technical challenges which are often bespoke and novel. The embedded software engineer will take part in the full product life cycle of this complex instrumentation, working from cradle to grave and having involvement in the entire design process as well as interaction with manufacturing. The chance to work on site with customers also adds to the breadth and variety of the role.

The team is small, friendly, enjoys working onsite the majority of the time, you can work from home one day per week, as long as it does not impact the business, and the offices have parking, are warm, welcoming and everyone has access to each other.

This opportunity is ideal for an electronics software engineer who wishes to have a real impact on the design and development of a product, you will have opportunity to speak to the customer to understand their requirements from concept through to manufacture.

When KO2 were on site with the client it was explained to us that an engineer was actually installing a product in Brazil he had designed from the embryonic stage and taken through to manufacture and customer deployment. If you want to truly own a project this is for you, engineers are totally autonomous and raise their own PO’s and acquire their own components and parts without the need for sign off.

When working on this instrumentation you will need the ability to

• Write embedded software in C
• Work with existing code bases to upgrade, enhance and optimise
• Create embedded instrumentation electronics, including the chance to work with power and analogue and digital electronics.
• Select components, manage availability
• Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer

Benefits Package

• Friendly, motivated happy small team environment
• Full-time, 37.5hrs per week
• The ability to work one day from home as long as it dos not impact the business
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Profit sharing scheme
• Spacious headquarters site
• Travel opportunities