Embedded Software Engineer

AS Software Engineer you will join an existing team of engineers with a broad range of complementary skills and experience. The software team supports a wide variety of applications from embedded software development to enterprise application software that supports the manufacturing process. The members of the team have a proven record of being able to adapt to new technologies and languages as the need arises and possess a range of cross over skills that allow the team to operate effectively with the other disciplines in the department when developing and manufacturing an electro-mechanical product.

Primary Purpose

Reporting to the Software Team Leader the Software Engineer will, as part of a team of development engineers, be responsible for software development activities across existing and new Magicard projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software from requirements through to production and commercial deployment
• Design, develop, code, test and debug system software
• Review Code and Designs
• Analyse and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of systems resources
• Maintenance and support on existing software applications
• Support software QA
• Provide post production support
• Interface with other departments within the organisation

Skills and Experience

Required

• Bachelor degree in an Engineering discipline
• Proven post-qualification working experience in embedded software development
• Experience working with bare metal embedded systems and real-time operating systems
• Solid programming experience in C/C++
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools and peer review
• Strong personal organisation, documentation and writing skills

Nice to have Skills:

• Hands-on system engineering skills, including fault diagnosis. Our software is used in electromechanical devices so understanding how the different elements interact is important
• Experience with Git
• Strong mathematical skills (at or above A-level, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools: BitBucket, Jira and Confluence

Self-Management:

• Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
• Actively committed to team development
• Is optimistic and self-aware
• Self-motivated, flexible, proactive, and committed
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail

People Management

• Lead and/or support technicians and trainee engineers
• Train people within own work group

Relationship Management

• Liaise and communicate with other departments, customers, suppliers, and other service providers
• Be an effective team member, working with supervisor and colleagues to ensure smooth workflow with maximum output

ACS are recruiting for a Software Engineer. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Software Engineer, please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Software Engineer. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Software Engineer with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Software Engineer role you desire.