LabVIEW Software Engineer

Position: LabVIEW Software Engineer

Office Location: Oldham

Location of work: Flexible Hybrid Work from Home

The Role: A new position has now been created for a LabVIEW Software Engineer to join our client who are a growing software consultancy who specialise in developing complex software and hardware solutions for a host of clients across a variety of industries.

The successful LabVIEW Engineer can expect to work within a small team development environment, working on a variety of projects throughout the full development lifecycle. You will ideally be strong with LabVIEW as well as another popular software language (C#, C++, Python) and be comfortable working to modern coding practices whilst using Unit testing, TDD or continuous integration methodologies.

In this role you can expect plenty of variety working on different projects and using multiple software languages, tools and technologies. You will consider yourself a strong problem solver and enjoy the challenges that developing complex software solutions brings. You should be able to illustrate commercial experience in a similar role and have successful experience delivering software projects that achieve the approved project plans whilst meeting agreed upon time and budget targets.

Skills Required:

  • LabVIEW
  • C++, C# or Python development
  • Design patterns – their practical application in complex projects
  • Unit testing or Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Desirable experience:

  • C# programming
  • Embedded Systems
  • PLC or Scada systems

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

Electronic Electrical Design Engineer

Position: Electronic Electrical Design Engineer

Location of Office: Cramlington

The Role: An exciting new role has now been created for an experienced Design Engineer who has strong practical experience with electrical system and electronic circuit design. In this role you will be given the chance to take a lead role on electrical and electronic design for a host of new systems that will be used throughout the medical, agritech and automated robotics sectors.

Skills and experience required:

  • Electrical Design – CAD packages, electrical safety, wire sizing etc
  • Electronic circuit design – mixed signal circuit design, PCB design, schematic capture etc
  • Hands on bench working – designing, testing and building circuits
  • Electrical or Electronics deign based degree.

You will be working as part of fast paced, multidisciplinary engineering team and have the chance to work alongside like-minded mechanical, software and electronics engineers. The team is made up of technology enthusiasts who enjoying designing and building a range of devices using the latest tools and methodologies in their purpose build lab.

This role will best suit a real design allrounder who enjoys being hands on and taking the lead on all technical matters across electrical and electronics design. You will enjoy the variety that working in a multi-industry design team brings and embrace the challenges that come from working in a fast paced prototype environment.

Desirable skills and experience:

  • Embedded Software design
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Technical or project leadership

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

Electronic Software Engineer

Position: Electronic Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £65,000 + benefits

Location of Office: Chorley

The Role: A new position has now been created for an Electronic Software Engineer to join a growing engineering team working towards the design and development of industry leading products for the safety and detection industries. They are British owned, design, develop, test and manufacture all their products in their state of the art, purpose-built facilities in Lancashire.

Skills and experience required:

  • Embedded C programming
  • Microcontroller design – ARM, STM32, PIC
  • Electronic circuit design – analogue and digital desired
  • PCB Design and layout

Desirable skills and experience:

  • Design for EMC or other safety standards
  • Schematic capture
  • A range of protocols – SPI, UART, I2C, RS232, RS485 etc

The successful Electronic Software Engineer focus will be the design and development of a range of new products, working closely with likeminded engineers in a multidiscipline engineering team. You will be expected to contribute from initial concept through to in house testing and manufacture and will have the chance to see products you have designed come to fruition.

Working as a key member of a small team you can expect plenty of variety and challenges in your role and the chance to tackle a range of programming challenges whilst working towards the development of new products that will be sold around the world.

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

Junior Embedded Software Engineer

Position: Junior Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: up to £35,000

Location of office: Sheffield

The role: An exciting new position for a Junior Embedded Software Engineer has now been created to work on a range of tech for good products in the central in the Sheffield area. You will be joining a small team and have the chance to be involved in the full development lifecycle of a range of products that will improve the quality of life of millions of people.

If you are a recent graduate keen to start your career within embedded software development or an engineer with 2/3 years’ experience now looking for a new challenge, then this could be the role for you. Available is the chance to work with a range of cutting-edge technologies in a close-knit supportive environment where you will be given the autonomy to complete a range of tasks whilst being encouraged to develop new skills.

Joining a small team you can expect your day to day tasks to be varied and you will ideally enjoy taking on technical challenges and consider yourself a good problem solver. You will have the chance to learn from experienced engineers but will also have the motivation and awareness to tackle problems head on and come up with your own solutions.

Key Skills Required:

  • Degree Qualification: A degree in electronics or computer science is required, making this role suitable for recent graduates in these fields.
  • Programming: Proficiency in Embedded C programming is necessary for this role.
  • Microcontroller Development: Experience with microcontroller development, such as ARM, PIC, NXP, or similar platforms, is required.
  • Eagerness to Learn: Demonstrated enthusiasm for learning and adapting to new skills and technologies is crucial in this dynamic environment.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

  • Communication protocols: any experience with Canbus, I2C, RS232, SPI etc is desirable.
  • Electronics Design: Skills in electronics design are a plus, as they can enhance your ability to work on embedded systems.
  • PC Application Development: Familiarity with PC application development can be beneficial in certain aspects of the role, ideally C++ or C#.

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

Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Position: Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Location of Office: Blackburn

Location of Work: Hybrid Working (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) – Flexible working hours

Salary: Up to £70,000

We have an exciting opportunity in our clients R&D department for an Electronics Design Engineer to join a growing electronics team working towards the design of a range of new devices whilst collaborating closely with a dedicated firmware engineering team.

The Company: Join a pioneering company with a rich heritage in electronic security, protecting millions of people and properties worldwide. Our client is at the forefront of digital and cloud-based solutions, providing interoperability with broader security and building management systems.

Skills and Experience Required:

  • System design with single-chip microcontrollers and their debugging tools (e.g., M16C, MSP430, STM32).
  • System design with high-performance microprocessors (e.g., iMX6, ARM Cortex A7).
  • Multilayer PCB design and layout
  • Analog circuit design, including interfacing with ADCs and DC/DC converters.
  • Designing systems using communication buses (e.g., RS485).

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Experience with high-level modules such as 4G cellular modems, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
  • Low-power design for battery-operated products.

Seize this opportunity to be a Senior Electronics Engineer, shaping the future of electronic security. Reach out to Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions to discuss this role in further details.

Embedded Software Engineer

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of office: Chester

Location of work: WFH Hybrid Working – 50/50

The role: Our client is a recognised leader within the smart energy sector and work closely with a host of leading names across the energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors working towards sustainable solutions. This is the chance for an Embedded Software Engineer to join a growing company with the chance to have an impact in their next generation or products that will focus on improving the future for the next generation.

The successful Embedded Software Engineer can expect to be working on new product development projects from day one and should be prepared to work throughout the full development cycle and be comfortable working on individual projects. You will be working alongside electronics, software and mechanical engineers towards the design of new products and will be involved in concept meetings, developing new software, debugging and software test.

The ideal Embedded Software Engineer will be degree qualified, able to manage their own workload and enjoy variety and day to day challenges in their role. You will get the chance to work on a range of leading products across handheld devices, application software, big data storage systems and widescale deployment embedded systems.

Skills and experience required:

  • Embedded C/C++ programming
  • RTOS – FreeRTOS desired
  • Low-level protocols SPI, I2C, RS232 etc

Desirable skills and experience:

  • Bare metal development
  • Linux platform development
  • Source controls systems – SVN/Git

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.

Junior Mechanical Design Engineer

Position: Junior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location of office: Newcastle

The Role: A new role has now been created for a Junior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our clients growing Engineering team in the Northeast. The ideal Mechanical Design Engineer will be degree qualified and have 2/3 years industry experience and be comfortable with 3D Design CAD packages and have worked with plastic and metals.

In this role you will be joining a fast paced, new product design environment and can expect to contribute to multiple projects in a short period of time, whilst working alongside experienced mechanical engineers. There will be plenty of opportunity to develop new skills and techniques whilst working on live projects. Our client design devices and systems for multiple industries including industrial automation and robotic systems, so you expect plenty of variety and the chance to work with state of the art tools and technology.

Skills and Experience Required:

  • Relevant degree qualification
  • 2/3 years experience in industry
  • Experience with 3D Cad design – ideally Autodesk Inventor
  • Experience working with plastics and metals.

This role will best suit a Mechanical Design Engineer with a couple of years industry experience who is now keen for a new challenge and the chance to develop their key skills set whilst working on a variety of cutting edge projects. You will be provided with plenty of support and encouragement to develop your skills and given the opportunity to progress your career within the team.

If you are a Mechanical Design Engineer who wants to work on systems that make a difference to the global infrastructure and you want to solve complex real-world problems, the apply today by contacting Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Recruitment.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Position: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location of office: Cramlington

Our client, a business who are leaders in technical consultancy whilst offering their own bespoke product design arm are looking to recruit a proactive and dynamic Mechanical Design Engineer to the team. The business is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who can push a design through in a sharp timeframe. This is a role that will allow you to work on multiple designs, there will be clear deliverables in terms of time and cost and hence the business needs problem solvers.

The business needs a Mechanical Design Engineer who can sit in front of a problem and find a solution. The role is varied, and you could be working on the businesses own product which is a complex mechanical system with moving parts, or you could be working on a variety of projects for the consultancy arm such as, sporting design, automation systems or robotic systems.

Whilst this Mechanical Design role certainly involves Research and Design and Development, it is not a role where the R&D phase can go on for 5 years, deadlines need to be met, hence we need a Mechanical Design Engineer who has an outcome focus and a delivery focus. The business is comfortable which 3D CAD package the Mechanical Design Engineer has worked with, be it Solidworks, Inventor or CREO for example, the business itself uses Autodesk Inventor, but will accept any package.

Key Skills:

  • Mechanical Design
  • 3D CAD – Autodesk desired
  • Ambitious
  • Proactive
  • Outcome and Delivery Focussed

Nice to have skills:

  • Electro-Mechanical Focus
  • Robotics and automated devices
  • Experience building systems from the ground up

If you are a Mechanical Design Engineer who wants to work on systems that make a difference to the global infrastructure and you want to solve complex real-world problems, please apply today.

Technical Project Manager

Position: Technical Project Manager

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of Office: Sheffield

Location of Work: Hybrid Work from Home

The Role: An exciting position has now been created for a Technical Project Manager to join our clients growing technology team in central Sheffield. Our client is a fast growing start up in the cybersecurity market who are working on the development of a range of new, innovative security products for the Cloud infrastructure, 5G and IoT markets.

They are looking for a passionate Technical Project Manager who has a hands-on software or electronics design background who is keen to work to modern development processes and has proven experience taking products from a blank piece of paper through to manufacture.

Joining a small technology team the successful Technical Project Manger can expect their role to be varied whilst getting the chance to make a real impact in the development of a host of new, innovative products that will be used around the globe. You will be tasked with leading multiple projects that require software, hardware and mechanical components. You can expect to develop, monitor and action project plans, work closely with software and electronics design engineers and liaise with customers to better understand their requirements in order to guide the team in bringing these products through to manufacture.

Key Skills Required:

  • Project management experience within a hardware and software product environment
  • Technical background in electronics or software design
  • Experience using recognised Project management models and tools
  • Fluent with Microsoft Office Suite

Desirable Skills and Experience:

  • Experience of managing Network Deployment projects
  • Knowledge of ISO27001, ISO9001 & ISO14001
  • Experience in a start-up environment

If you are a Technical Project Manager with a hands-on design background looking for a fresh challenge within a fast paced product environment then contact Laurence Powell at KO2 Recruitment today to apply.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Position: Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £50,000

Location of Office: Chester

Location of Work: Hybrid Work from Home 50/50

The role: As our client continues to grow, they are now seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their multidisciplinary engineering team. Their office is in the Chester area and the successful Mechanical Engineer can expect to work on the design of a range of new products with plenty of opportunity for regular home working. Our client develop, design and manufacture products for the energy market and their products are currently in use around the UK and Europe.

This role will best suit a Mechanical Engineer who is able to illustrate experience in a similar role who is keen to work on new product designs in a friendly but challenging team work focussed environment. Experience in an electronic product design environment is crucial and you should be comfortable working with the latest versions of Solidworks and working with plastic injection moulding equipment and a 3D printer.

You will be the designated Mechanical Engineer in the team and as such will be given the chance to work on a range of brand-new products what will go into manufacture in 2024. You will have the chance to work throughout the full design life cycle on a range of electronics enclosures and other related products such as cable assemblies and casings. You will take the lead on all mechanical design related decisions and work closely with the engineering team to make sure all future products meet the required quality and functional standards.

Skills and experience required:

  • Solidworks 3D
  • Injection moulding
  • Plastics design
  • Designed products enclosing electronic PCBs

Desirable skills and experience:

  • 3D printing
  • Design for high volume manufacture

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.