Position: Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE

Office Location: Manchester, City Centre + Hybrid WFH

The Role: Multiple exciting positions have now been created for Software Engineers to join a rapidly expanding software solutions company in central Manchester. The successful Software Engineers will be joining a growing team and be given the chance to contribute across a range of cutting-edge software solutions for a variety of industry sectors including autonomous vehicles, automation, finance and more. If you are a technical enthusiast, with 3+ years experience in industry or on personal projects this could be the role for you.

The team you will be joining is made up of a range of engineers covering multiple disciplines who are all technical enthusiasts and who have a passion for developing new products working to modern processes and methods. The ideal Software Engineers will be strong in a Linux environment ideally coding in C, C++, Python or Rust and will be comfortable contributing across the full design life cycle. Experience with embedded software development and open-source software will make your CV really stand out.

This role will best suit Software Engineers who are passionate about software development, looking to work with likeminded engineers and keen to have plenty of project variety in their role. Here no one project is the same so there are always new challenges and tasks to complete. Personal development and adding new skills and technologies to your profile is actively encouraged and there is also plenty of scope for career development within the business.

Skills and Experience Required:

• C, C++, Python, Rust or Java programming
• Linux environments
• Modern software development processes

Desirable Skill and Experience:

• Embedded software development
• Linux device driver development
• Open-Source Software
• DevOps skills and technologies

Please contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail or apply today with an up-to-date CV.

Position: Software Engineer

Location: Warrington

Salary: Up to £50,000 + Benefits

The Role: Our client is now looking to add a Software Engineer to their growing team in the Warrington area. They are leaders in their field and with over 30 years industry experience they have a stellar reputation for designing innovative, bespoke software solutions for a range of customers across multiple industries.

Key Skills and Experience Required:

• C/C++ programming on Linux
• Embedded systems
• Time-critical software systems, such as multi-threading, synchronisation, interrupt handling.
• Experience of working in a manufacturing/engineering company environment.
• Familiar with the use of IDEs, debuggers, source code repositories, bug tracking databases and unit tests.
• HND or Degree qualified – Computer Science or Engineering related subject.

The successful Software Engineer will be working in a team environment, with plenty of opportunity to contribute to the full development life cycle; from initial concept through to test and manufacture.

The role is focussed on embedded software development initially, but there is scope to also work on developing the PC-based applications. In time there is the opportunity to progress into a team lead or management level role, although the role will still include hands on design and development tasks.

Desirable Skill and Experience

• Familiarity and interest in scientific instrumentation and their applications, or similar industrial, scientific or medical products.
• Object-oriented software design principles and their use in software applications.
• Experience with configuring and deploying embedded operating system components such as uboot and Linux.
• User interface design, including web-based applications.
• Experience of working with automation/IOT protocols such as OPC-UA, MQTT, Rest API, Thrift API

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please send your CV to Andrew Knight or Laurence Powell of KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.

Position: Head of Cloud Infrastructure

Salary: Up to £80,000

Location of Office: Blackburn

Location of Work: Flexible Hybrid Remote Working

The role: An exciting new role has been created for a Head of Cloud Infrastructure to join our clients growing Cloud Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a DevOps Engineer or Cloud technology design/development background and have experience managing teams and leading projects whilst working with other senior stakeholders making strategic level decisions. Hybrid remote working is offered with the successful candidate able to only attend the office as little as once a week where appropriate.

The focus of this role will be operational infrastructure management, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of all cloud-based systems whilst growing and managing the support team. You will have proven experience in a similar leadership role and your technical background will include Azure or AWS cloud technologies, CI/CD processes and SQL databases. Whilst any experience with IoT connected devices and electronic device design environment is highly desirable.

In this role you will over see and manage all matters related to Cloud Infrastructure including, operational management, developing and implementing cloud strategy, technology integration, data management and security. To do this, you can expect to work closely with your team and other members of the leadership team to ensure successful collaboration and the smooth running and implementation of all cloud infrastructure modifications and developments.

You will play a key role in aligning cloud strategies with product direction, ensuring operational efficiency for customers and internal systems. You will work closely with the Head of Cloud Developments and can expect to form part of technical leadership of the business meeting with customers (face to face and remotely) when required.

Skills and Experience Required:

·        Technical background

·        DevOps Technologies – AWS, Azure technologies

·        Team management and leadership

·        Strategic level decision making, integration and implementation

·        SQL Databases

Desirable Skills and Experience:

·        CI/CD Processes

·        NodeJS

·        IoT connected devices

To apply for this fantastic opportunity or for more information contact Laurence Powell at KO2 Recruitment Solutions today with an up to date.

Position:  Electronics Software Design Engineer

Location of Office: Preston

Salary: Up to £45,000

The Role: Our client is looking to recruit a knowledgeable Electronics Software design engineer to bolster their small team based in the centre of Preston. Our client has a well-established team and require an engineer to specialise in both electronics and software design for their low-noise precision instruments.

This role is a new position supporting their well-established team with opportunities to grow and develop for a long-standing company.

This role would ideally suit someone with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience and a keenness to help move our clients company forward with a good opportunity for growth and progression. Many employees of the company are electronics hobbyists and regularly work on personal projects in the lab in their spare time. As the role is so hands on and is a new design role, this is the dream opportunity for an electronics hobbyist!

Skills and Experience:

• Analogue electronics circuits
• Digital electronics circuits
• PCB design and schematic capture
• Programming experience in C/C++

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Microcontroller design
• Switch mode power supply
• Fusion 360/Eagle PCB
• EMC standards

Our client offers a clear career development path, flexible working hours and the opportunity to join a stable, well-established business who design and develop their products onsite.

To discuss this role in further detail please contact Chris Fawcett or Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.