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Lead Electronics Engineer

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!

Embedded Software Engineer – Embedded Linux

Position: Embedded Software Engineer – Embedded Linux

Salary: Up to £55,000 + Benefits

Location of Office: Scarborough

Our client, a leader in their field is now seeking an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join their team to work towards the development of a new generation of innovative instruments and systems that will be used worldwide. The ideal Embedded Software Engineer will have proven experience in bringing complete products to market, be keen to work on a range of challenging development tasks and be comfortable working within a small team of like-minded engineers.

Key Skills and Experience Required:

Embedded Linux
C programming
RTOS or Bare Metal Development
Microcontroller development – ARM Cortex ideally

In this role you will get the chance to be involved in the full development lifecycle and can expect to be involved in a range of development tasks, from attending concept meetings, writing new code, bug fixing, documentation, in house testing and liaising with customers when required. You will be working within a small team so strong communication skills are a must, and you should also be comfortable working on individual projects and managing your own time and workload. For the right candidate there is also scope to take on a project management or team leader responsibilities including mentoring junior engineers and taking a technical lead role on projects.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Linux Kernel development
Yocto
DSP knowledge
NXP Processors

On offer is a salary of up to £55,000 plus benefits including competitive pension, 27 days holiday and more.

Reach out to Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Recruitment with an updated CV to seize this exciting opportunity.

Software Engineer – C, C++, Python, Rust, Linux

April 18, 2024/in North West Permanent /by Chris Oddy

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.

Electronic Engineer

April 12, 2024/in Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronics Engineer

Location of Office: Chesterfield

Salary: £30,000 – £40,000

The role: A position is now available for a Electronics Design Engineer to join a client in their Chesterfield based offices. Our client design, develop and manufacture a range of electronic products for the healthcare sector with a focus on sensory solutions. This is a chance to join a business using modern technology for good, building products that improve the lives of millions of people around the globe.

This role is for an Electronics Engineer who has a recent relevant degree qualification and some industry experience, this can be as work experience whilst studying or after graduation. You will be given the chance to work in a role where you will get experience across a host of electronics design techniques including PCB design, mixed signal circuits, embedded programming in C and microcontroller design.

This role will be ideal for a Junior Electronics Engineer who is looking to work in a range of electronics disciplines with a keen eye for detail who is comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced environment. You will be working in a small team so can expect plenty of variety in the role and chance to develop your skills quickly and with support from experienced Engineers.

Experience or knowledge of the following is required:

- PCB layout and design
- Circuit prototyping and testing
- Embedded C programming
- Mixed signal circuit design
Desirable experience:
- CAD Design tools
- Exposure to EMC standards
- Full product design lifecycle

If you are keen to build your career within a new product development focussed business who are leaders in their industry, then contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett from KO2 embedded recruitment solutions for all the details.

Power Electronics Engineer

April 11, 2024/in Greater London, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Salary: up to £100,000

Location of work: Hybrid. You can work remotely when the task work suits.

Location of office: Milton Keynes

The role:
A growing start-up electronics business with very secure financial investment are looking to recruit a Power Electronics specialist to the team.

The business is using cutting edge disruptive technologies to design highly efficient power supplies that use high frequency AC and operate at very high speed. These power supplies can be applied to various applications and will make an offering that is different to anything currently available on the market.

The business is receiving interest from a wide range of customers in different industry sectors where their power supply solutions could be applied. Some of the industries proof of concepts are to be designed for are Agriculture, Emergency Services, Lighting, Mini-Grid and other Commercial applications.

As the work is so cutting edge and disruptive to power distribution you will have the opportunity to work on all conventional power supply topologies but will also be working with resonant topologies.

You should have experience with push-pull, buck and boost, flyback and resonant topologies and have experience designing power supplies to output High Frequency AC using GaN, SiC all in digital power with micro’s and fpga’s and frequencies ranging from 50 kHz up to Megahertz. The use of silicon carbide in product designs illustrate how cutting edge the developments are.

You should be a Power Electronics Engineer who can work through the full lifecycle, be comfortable working in a lab, and can use one of simulation packages mentioned below. You should also have magnetics and full design documentation experience.

Skills and Experience required:

Power Electronics/ SMPS expertise
Simulation programmes e.g. PCM, PSpice, LT Spice, SIMetrix /SIMPLIS
Invertors/ Power Bridges
PFC
Resonant topologies
EMC

Compliance Manager

April 10, 2024/in North West Permanent /by admin

Position: Compliance Manager

Salary: Up to £60,000 + Benefits

Location of Office: Blackburn

Location of Work: Flexible Hybrid Remote Working

The Role: Our client, an industry leading design and manufacturer are continuing to grow their Engineering function in the Blackburn area. They are seeking an experienced Compliance Manager to join them as they continue manufacture a range of electronic devices and systems that are used around the globe.

Reporting directly to the Technical Director this is a key role within the business and the ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, which has involved overseeing and streamlining the process of maintaining and achieving product compliance and certification across a range of products and industries.

The successful Compliance Manager’s focus will be ensuring that products can go to market quickly and efficiently within a highly regulated environment. You can expect the role to include:

Creating project plans for obtaining certification for new products and services.
Oversee and arrange ongoing audits making sure certificates are renewed in a timely and organised fashion.
Work closely with the R&D team and other stakeholders ensuring collaboration and the education of teams where required.
Suggest and implement procedure and guidelines aiming for the improvement of the compliance team.
Manage the compliance team and communicate regularly with other stakeholders.

Skills and Experience Required:

Electronic design and manufacture environment
Team leadership or management experience
Knowledge of CE and UKCA marking regulations
Knowledge of EMC, safety and environmental testing
Certification processes – tests, audits, etc

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Experience within regulated industries such as fire safety or security
Design data manager package (DDM)
Full Microsoft office suite

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

Embedded Software Engineer

April 9, 2024/in North East Permanent /by admin

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.

Embedded Software Engineer

April 8, 2024/in Greater London Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £75,000

Location of office: Edgware, London

Location of work: Hybrid Remote Working

The role: Our client, a well backed, fast growing start-up in the sports tech sector are now looking to add an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to join their team to work on the development of their next generation of products.

Skills and experience required:

C/C++ programming
RTOS or Bare Metal
Microcontrollers – ARM Cortex, STM32, Microchip PIC etc
Memory interfacing (EEPROM, FLASH, SRAM, SD card)

Their engineering team is made up on a multidiscipline team of likeminded people including sports scientists, electronics engineers, mechanical engineers and software developers and they are looking for Embedded Software Engineers who are keen to work as part of a team whilst taking ownership over their own time and workload.

This role will suit embedded engineers who are passionate about technology and keen to develop state of the art hardware and software to allow people to gain more insight in the live sports sector. You will be keen to be part of a team and be motivated by working on a variety of projects with the chance to contribute throughout the full lifecycle.

Desirable skills and experience:

Linux
Experience with RF Transceivers (UWB, ISM, Zigbee, WIFI, etc)
Python
Version Control – SVN, GIT etc

Package includes: Salary of up to £75,000 + pension, 25 days holiday, flexible hours and more

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.

Senior Electronic Engineer

April 2, 2024/in Midlands Permanent /by admin

Position: Senior Electronic Engineer

Salary: Up to £80,000 + benefits

Location of Office: Birmingham

The role: As our client continue to grow their engineering team, they are now seeking an Electronic Design 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 and they work to a 4 day week, giving everyone a long weekend.

The ideal Electronic Design 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 experienced designing both analogue and digital circuits, be strong with PCB design (Altium desired) and familiar with a host of serial protocols including RS485, UART, SPI, RS232, I2C, Ethernet etc. Any experience with wireless protocols (Zigbee, BLE, WiFi etc) or IoT connected devices would make your CV stand out.

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

Skills and experience required:

Digital circuit design
PCB design and layout
ARM, STM32 Processors
UART, RS232, RS485, I2C, Ethernet

Desirable skills and experience:

Altium design package suite
Wireless protocols: BLE, ZigBee, WiFi etc
Medical industry experience

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.

C++ Software Engineer

April 2, 2024/in Remote Working Permanent /by admin

Position: C++ Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of work: Fully Remote Working

The Role: A new position has been created for a C++ Software Engineer to join their team working on a fully remote basis, working towards the development of industry leading home automation and IoT connected products. The ideal Software Engineer will be a coding enthusiast who is keen to work with modern C++, developing brand new products within challenging and rewarding environment.

The successful Software Engineer should be degree qualified and have good industry experience working with modern C++ in an embedded or/and Linux environments. You will have worked in a Test-Driven development environment and be familiar with Yocto or Docker, whilst any experience with Embedded Linux or wireless comms (ZigBee, Thread, Wi-Fi, BLE etc) would make your CV stand out.

You can expect the role to involve:

Full lifecycle involvement in the detailed design, coding and validation of embedded C++ software.
Collaborate with other global teams to ensure the timely delivery of new products according to agreed timescales.
Adopt in-house best practice for code integrity and design validation.
Ensure that the integrity of the system and software architecture is maintained throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Skills and Experience Required:

Strong C++ programming
Linux
Yocto or Docker
Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration etc
Degree qualified within an Engineering related topic

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth low power comms

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