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Embedded Software Engineer

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000

Location of office: Coventry

The Role: An exciting new role has now been created for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join our clients brand new offices in the Coventry area as they continue to grow their engineering design team.

The successful embedded engineer will be joining a small, growing team and have the chance to be involved in the full development lifecycle of a range of next-generation products. You will be expected to be involved in all aspects of development and can expect plenty of variety in day-to-day tasks and the chance to make a real impact in the design of these brand new devices.

Skills Required:

Embedded C/C++ programming
RTOS or Bare metal development
8-32 Bit micros – ARM Cortex (STM32 Chipset)
RS232, RS485, TCP/IP, I2C, SPI and other protocols

Desirable Experience:

Experience working on as many of the following types of products: IoT, Wireless, RF, Low power/ Battery operated, Mass manufacture, Consumer/ Commercial
BLE, Bluetooth, ZigBee, WiFi
Agile development (JIRA, GitHub)
Experience implementing and adhering safety coding guideline standards e.g. Safety Critical or MISRA C

This role will best suit an experienced embedded software engineer who can illustrate experience in a similar role, successfully delivering working solutions in agreed upon time frames. You will want to be hands on in all aspects of development and consider yourself a strong problem solver who has an eye for detail. A keenness to use modern methodologies and cutting edge technology is also desirable.

For all the details on this fantastic opportunity contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd today.

Embedded Software Engineer

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Location of office: Warwick

The Role: An exciting new role has now been created for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join our clients brand new offices in the Warwick area as they continue to grow their engineering design team.

Skills Required:

Embedded C/C++ programming
RTOS or Bare metal development
8-32 Bit micros – ARM Cortex (STM32 Chipset)
RS232, RS485, TCP/IP, I2C, SPI and other protocols

This role will best suit an experienced embedded software engineer who can illustrate experience in a similar role, successfully delivering working solutions in agreed upon time frames. You will want to be hands on in all aspects of development and consider yourself a strong problem solver who has an eye for detail. A keenness to use modern methodologies and cutting-edge technology is also desirable.

The successful embedded engineer will be joining a small, growing team and have the chance to be involved in the full development lifecycle of a range of next-generation products. You will be expected to be involved in all aspects of development and can expect plenty of variety in day-to-day tasks and the chance to make a real impact in the design of these bran new devices.

Desirable Experience:

Experience working on as many of the following types of products: IoT, Wireless, RF, Low power/ Battery operated, Mass manufacture, Consumer/ Commercial
BLE, Bluetooth, ZigBee, WiFi.
Agile development (JIRA, GitHub)
Experience implementing and adhering safety coding guideline standards e.g. Safety Critical or MISRA C

For all the details on this fantastic opportunity contact Chris Oddy or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd today.

Embedded Software Engineer

January 26, 2024/in Midlands, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: up to £60,000

Location of office: Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire

Location of work: Flexible hybrid WFH

The role: A growing SME electronics business who specialise in developing energy efficient products that are up to 10% more efficient than anything currently on the market require an Embedded Software Engineer to join their expanding R&D team.

Required Skills:

Embedded C and C++ programming
ARM Cortex Micros – STM32 ideally
Bare Metal development
RS232, RS485, SPI, I2C and other protocols

This game changing power supply design will be more efficient, intrinsically safer, and more portable than anything currently available on the market. The power supply can be used in adverse weather conditions e.g. heavy rain without any safety issues to be worried about. The product is being designed for multiple industry sectors, including agriculture, emergency services and household consumer e.g. an outdoor garden could use the power supply to light a garden easily and safely.

For an Embedded Software Engineer seeking an opportunity to work on a project at the early stages of development and work on it to manufacture then this is extremely exciting. After this product development is complete there is multiple other brand-new product developments to be kick started. With huge potential and high demand for the businesses patented technology, you will be joining the company at an incredibly exciting time, where you will make a real impact on the embedded software development.

Desirable experience:

Git
Jira and Confluence
IoT connected devices
Wireless comms – Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee etc

For more information on this fantastic opportunity contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 today.

System Design Engineer

January 26, 2024/in Greater London, Midlands, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Remote Working, Scotland, South, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Systems Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of Work: Fully Remote

An electronics business who are leaders in the design and development of complex mission critical software, are looking for a systems design engineer to work on the “left hand side” of the V life cycle. The business are a multinational, with huge cash reserves, a strong order book and are looking to improve upon what was a very successful 2023 by adding to the Systems Design Team. The business is looking for the right talent, and as a result is more than happy to consider System Engineers who would like ‘fully remote working’.

The embedded software used in the businesses mission critical applications controls complex Bluetooth related applications, and their client portfolio is a who’s who of the worlds bluechip companies. You will be working with a hugely talented team of engineers who take great pride in their work and are all on the same goal of ensuring the company continues to deliver its goals and provides stable and enjoyable employment. The team you will work in is cross functional, and as a result the System Design Engineers role will be pivotal to ensuring that all the separate entities in the team are succeeding.

The System Design Engineer will be working on the left hand side of the V life cycle and as a result be responsible for working closely with customers, who will be some of the biggest companies in the world, whilst working as a product owner in a cross functional team. The System Engineer will need to have the ability to understand the customers technical requirements whilst designing and developing solutions from concept to launch, whilst designing solutions and formalised representations that meet the customer needs.

The knowledge of safety critical standards and functional safety standards will be key very much a nice to have, but one that would be appreciated by the business alongside the use of CAN tools such as CANoe and CANdela studio whilst delivering prototype to external and internal stakeholders.

The business will offer the Systems Design Engineer a salary of £40,000 – £60,000 plus bonus, pension and competitive package and fully remote working.

If you would like to apply for the Systems Design Engineer role, please send your CV to Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.

Embedded Software Engineer

December 15, 2023/in Midlands, Remote Working /by admin

Role: Automotive Embedded C Software Engineer

Rate: up to £50 per hour, outside IR35

Location of work: Fully remote working

The Project:

An automotive electronics business based in the West Midlands requires an Embedded Software Engineer to join them for an initial 6-month contract that is likely to extend. This role can be performed fully remotely.

You will be working on the development of a charge controller which is used when charging an EV vehicle.

The ecu on a vehicle will communicate to the charging station which then sends a message to the charge controller. The charge controller controls the contactors. Because of high currents and voltages it will also measure temperature. If the temperature was to reach a dangerous level then everything cuts out and the contactors open again to ensure everything is cut. This product needs to be ASIL B functional safety rated.

This is an opportunity to join a project at the early stages of development on a newly formed team.

Experience required:

Automotive/ ECU development experience.
Embedded C
RTOS
NXP STM32
CAN bus or J1939

Desirable experience (not essential):

Functional safety
AUTOSAR
DaVinci Developer/ Configurator

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

December 5, 2023/in Midlands Permanent /by admin

Position: Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £65,000 + bonus + Private Healthcare

Location of Office: Birmingham

Location of Work: WFH Hybrid Model

The role: As our client continue to grow their engineering team, they are now seeking an Embedded Software Engineer who will work throughout the full design life cycle developing cutting edge products for the global healthcare sector. Their office is based in the north Birmingham area, but they offer flexible remote working and a 4-day working week.

Skills and experience required:

Embedded C
Microprocessor development – PIC, STM32, ARM, Renesas etc
CAN, RS232, RS485, I2C, Ethernet
Full software development life cycle

The ideal Embedded Software Engineer will be joining a small, growing team with plenty of new product development to get stuck into straight away. You will be experienced enough to manage your own time and workload and be expected to contribute from initial concept through to in house manufacturing and assembly done onsite. You will be strong coding Embedded C and have worked with a range of serial comms (RS232, RS485, CAN, I2C etc) and a host of microprocessor families (PIC, STM, ARM, NXP etc). Any experience at hardware level or integrating firmware solutions to mobile or cloud-based systems will really make your CV stand out.

This role will best suit an Embedded Software Engineer who is passionate about developing innovative software solutions for a product range that improves peoples lives. You will be comfortable in a small team environment and enjoy the variety of work this style of working presents.

Desirable skills and experience:

Wireless protocols: BLE, ZigBee, WiFi etc
C++ programming
IoT connected devices

To be considered for this fantastic opportunity apply with an up-to-date CV today or contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.

Field Application Engineer

December 5, 2023/in Greater London, Midlands, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Job Title: Field Application Engineer

Location: Fully Remote Working

Salary: Up to £45,000 + Car, bonus, healthcare and more

The Role: A successful and growing electromechanical business that develops, manufactures and sells electromechanical components (e.g. connectors, switches, assembly products) is now looking for a Field Application Engineer. You will have electronics design knowledge and be comfortable interacting with non-technical customers and sales agents. In this role you will be mainly working remotely and will be expected to travel throughout the southern region of England to various customer locations on a regular basis.

This role will be made up of 2 primary aspects:

You will be visiting electronic customers to understand and support their requirements, you will be responsible for advising which components would be suitable for their product design developments. This will mean visiting and speaking to customers as well and doing presentations from time-to-time.
You will be responsible for training a team of 5 to 6 sales engineers so that they have the technical acumen to have technical conversations with perspective customers, to help better understand their needs and make accurate recommendations.

Skills and Experience Required:

Electronics design skills – educational or industrial experience
Fault-finding and trouble-shooting of PCB design related issues.
Knowledge of the electro-mechanical industry including use of materials, environmental effects and constraints
Strong communication and
Degree qualification in an Engineering related subject

Desirable Skill and Experience:

Experience teaching or mentoring
Knowledge of cable harness assembly practices.
Any technical sales experience – telephone or face to face based.

Due to this role involving regular travel it is essential the successful candidate holds a dull UK drivers license, a company car will provided and expenses will be fully reimbursed.

Please contact Laurence Powell or Chris Oddy at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail.

IT Systems Engineer

November 21, 2023/in Midlands Permanent /by admin

Position: IT Systems Engineer

Location of Office: Stoke-on-Trent

Salary: Up to £48,000

The Role: A new position has now been created for an IT Systems Engineer to join our clients growing Engineering team and take on a key role within their team. Our client build, develop and deploy a range of industry leading detection devices that are deployed around the globe in a variety of hazardous locations. In this role you can expect to be involved in a range of activities from development, build, configuration, design and implementation of a range of bespoke IT hardware, network infrastructure and IT software solutions.

The ideal IT Systems Engineer will be a Microsoft OS expert, familiar with Active Directory, MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and Virtual Machines (VMware, Hyper-V etc). You should also be a real IT allrounder with skills and experience covering hardware configuration, network configuration, software validation and system support.

In this role you can expect to work closely with a variety of other engineers from test, firmware, hardware and cybers security teams and should expect your role to offer you plenty of variety of tasks and problems to solve. This is not your standard IT Engineer role, and you should expect the to be very hands on and you will often be expected to carry out work in different production and engineering environments, whilst having the chance to travel internationally to work closely with customers around the globe should you want to.

Skills and Experience Required:

Windows OS
Active Directory
MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) or similar
Virtualisation – VMware, Hyper-V etc

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Networking with VLAN, VPN and Firewall configurations
Cisco networking equipment or be CCNA certified

Please contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail.

Quality Engineer

November 10, 2023/in Midlands Permanent /by admin

Position: Quality Engineer

Salary: Up to £50,000

Office Location: Birmingham

The Role: A new role has been created for a Quality Engineer to join our client as they continue to grow their engineering and production teams. Our client design and manufacture a range of IoT connected electronic devices for the healthcare and telemetry sectors.

In this role you will work with the design and production teams leading the way in making sure the business achieves ISO certification and improve manufacturing procedures. This will involve a complete review of their manufacturing process and quality improvement of in field failure procedures. You will analyse these processes and provide solutions and improvements to enable the business to better control their quality standards whilst also providing a continuous improvements programme for the manufacturing and engineering teams.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role and be confident they can produce and implement robust processes to increase efficiency and minimise manufacturing errors. The company plan to grow a quality department around the successful engineer so an interest in growing and leading a small team is desired.

You will be joining a fast-growing electronics business as such there is plenty of opportunity for variety of work and the chance to progress your career within the business. If you are a quality engineer with solid experience in an electronics design product environment and keen to take on a key role in a fast-growing electronics business, this is the role for you.

Skills and Experience Required:

Electronics R&D environment experience
Familiar with IPC electronic standards
Lean manufacturing
Quality control processes control and implementation

Please contact Andrew Knight or Laurence Powell at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail.

Embedded Software Engineer

October 25, 2023/in Greater London, Midlands, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Remote Working, Scotland, South, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Location of work: Fully Remote working

Salary: Up to 50,000

The Role: Due to continued growth our client is now seeking an experienced Embedded Engineer to join their team working towards the development of their next generation products. Their products improve people’s lives, and you will have the chance to make a real impact in all new development.

They offer a very flexible remote working scheme and are offering the right Embedded Software Engineer the chance to work on a variety of exciting new products. You will be joining small team working in an agile environment, so the ability to work closely with other engineers and experience working throughout the full development lifecycle is required.

Skills and Experience Required:

Embedded software design
C/C++ programming
RTOS experience– FreeRTOS, AzureRTOS, ThreadX etc

Desirable Skills and Experience:

ARM processors (STM32, Cortex-M)
Bare-metal development
Wireless protocols: Bluetooth, Zigbee, LoRaWAN, Thread etc

Please contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further details.