Web Full Stack Software Developer, Newcastle, £60,000

A Newcastle based business who’s founder is the UK’s leading expert in complex AI based monitoring systems are looking to recruit a Web Full Stack Software Developer to the team to work on the webserver side of their system and develop the website which customers will log into to change and configure settings in the monitoring hub.

The business is experiencing a very good 2024 with 30% growth YOY after disrupting the market and winning the business of one of the most famous names in the sector as a result of the owner being eminent in his field, a better performing quality product and a cheaper price to competitors.

The business is willing to provide training and development for the Web Full Stack Software Developer to improve their AI skills working on image recognition with a trained model based on truth datasets.

The Web Full Stack Software Developer will be working to a blank sheet of paper and will have the ability to develop the tech stack based on their own preferences and experiences.

The Web Full Stack Software Developer is likely to have some of the below skills and be confident choosing the tech stack for this development.

Key Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
• Full stack development
• SQL Database
• HTML & CSS
• MVC Framework
• .net core C#
• Experience with modern web development tools and practices.
• Solid understanding of software development principles and best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Database design and management skills.

To apply for this vacancy please send your CV to Andrew Knight of KO2 Recruitment

Position: Electronic Technician

Location: Sunderland

Salary: Up to £40,000

The Role: Our client is now looking for an Electronic Technician to join their growing engineering team in the Sunderland area. Our client specialises in fault finding, repairing and redesigning electronic products and work with a host of clients across multiple industries.

They are looking for electronics enthusiasts who enjoy the challenge of problem solving and repairing electronic circuits to component level.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Repair, Test and Overhaul to component level of standard and complex analogue and digital electronic / electrical equipment
• Evaluate and produce written reports of products as they arrive for Test, Repair and Overhaul.
• Provide product reliability improvements by way of Reverse Engineering and redesign of obsolete equipment.
• Solve technical challenges as they arise, e.g. Obsolescence issues.
• Liaise with colleagues, clients and suppliers as appropriate.
• Aid in the Design of Test Boxes & Test Rigs for Manual and Automatic Testing of electronic equipment, including development of Test & Diagnostic software.

Required Skills and Experience:

• HND in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience with soldering, testing and electronic bench tools
• Experience testing, fault finding and repairing electronic devices
• Computer literate including Microsoft Office products.
• Professional Report writing.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Apply today with an up to date CV and you can contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Recruitment today for information.

Position: Embedded Engineer

Salary: Up to £50,000

Location of Work: Cramlington

The Role: An exciting position has now been created for an Embedded Engineer to join my clients growing team in the Cramlington area. The successful Embedded Engineer will have the chance to work on a new range of safety products that save lives. You will be working in a new product development team with state-of-the-art technology, working towards the development of a new IoT safety device.

Working in a new product development team you will be expected to contribute throughout the product lifecycle and be given the chance to make a real impact in design and development plans. You will be expected to be strong coding in C/C++ in a bare metal environment, confident coding with PIC or ARM controllers and have worked with a range of networking and communication protocols. Any experience with Embedded Linux or wireless communication protocols is highly desirable and will really make your CV standout.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Embedded C/C++
• Microcontroller development (ARM Cortex desired)
• Networking and comms protocols: RS232, I2C, UART, TCP/IP etc

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Safety related coding standards (MISRA C desired)
• RF and wireless communication protocols
• Embedded Linux

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

Position: Lead Electronics Engineer

Location of work: Sedgefield + Hybrid WFH

Salary: Up to £65,000 + 10% pension, Private Healthcare and 28 days holiday + bank holidays

The Role: Our award-winning, innovation led client are now looking for a Lead Electronics Engineer to lead and grow their electronics engineering team. This role will be technically hands on and will also involve managing a small team of engineers, leading projects, and taking responsibility for strategy and process level decisions. If you are a technically hands on electronics engineering/R&D manager or a senior electronics engineer looking to take that step up this could be the role for you.

Our client specialises in taking prototypes from concept stage all the way through to technology readiness level working with a variety of customers, predominately in the healthcare tech sector; mainly wearable and wireless connected devices. In their 15 plus years they have built up a very strong reputation in their sector and as such work with a host of industry leading names so there are plenty of exciting and innovative new projects on their product road map awaiting the successful candidate.

Key Skills and Experience Required:

• Electronics design skills
• Team leadership experience
• Project leadership experience
• Experience as a Technical authority
• Customer facing skills

As the lead in the Electronics team, you will be expected to take technical ownership, allocate work packages and take on day to day management responsibility for the team. You will also be required to be the technical face of the company with new customers and at appropriate stages of the process, so can expect to liaise with customers face to face and via video calls. Therefore, experience in similar scenarios and the communication skills required for such tasks are required.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience within the medical or healthcare tech industries
• Team and technical management experience
• Experience with wireless connected devices

For more information on this exciting, new position do contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Recruitment today!

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £65,000

Location of office: Newcastle

Location of work: Hybrid WFH Available

The role: An exciting role has now been created for an Embedded Software Engineer to join one of UK’s fastest growing technology companies specialising in the emerging robotics and automation market. Our client is currently working with a host of market leaders towards the development of a range of revolutionary products. Their head office is in the Northeast but they are happy for the role to be performed on a hybrid work from home basis.

Joining a team of engineers with experience across a range of disciplines your focus will be to build maintainable and well-tested embedded software applications which will form a key part of a range of complex distributed systems. You will across the full development life cycle and be given the chance to work with new technology developments in a challenging and rewarding environment.

The ideal Embedded Software Engineer will be degree qualified and enjoy the challenge of solving complicated problems whilst working on new product designs. You will be comfortable working in a small team, have experience in a similar role and be able to illustrate experience with the following:

Skills and experience required:

• Embedded C/C++
• Microcontroller programming – ARM Cortex preferred
• I2C, SPI, UART, RS232, CAN etc
• Bare metal or RTOS development
• Degree qualification within an Engineering subject

Desirable skills and experience:

• Unit testing or test driven development
• FreeRTOS
• CI/CD pipelines
• Azure DevOps

The successful Embedded Software Engineer will get the chance to focus on new product developments, working in a small team environment using state of the art technologies and techniques.

For the chance to be considered for this unique opportunity please contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd with an up-to-date CV today.