R&D Engineer (Embedded Software) UK, Lewes

Key Responsibilities 

• Developing and maintaining C/C++ application code running on ARM-based Linux and RTOS platforms.
• Writing code that is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements.
• Contributing to software architectural and design decisions.
• Writing unit and integration tests; supporting formal verification activities.
• Working in a structured environment following safe and secure development principles.
• Reviewing peer code with a focus on correctness and maintainability.

Skills & Attributes 

The successful candidate will:

• Proactively assess and eliminate root cause when faced with technical barriers.
• Be a team player, comfortable working in a close-knit team and building strong professional relationships.
• Actively support less-experienced members of team by helping them with their development, providing guidance, and setting a good example.
• Take responsibility for any failures in the project and take action to prevent them in the future. Embrace and share the learning.
• Be inquisitive to understand the products and customer use cases.
• Be able to work independently, pro-actively making decisions, problem solving and driving issues to a conclusion.
• Have good communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Organise and communicate on own work activities aligned with the wider business objectives.
• Have strong technical skills and a desire to develop these.
• Be hands-on with using hardware and software, ideally familiar with electronic test equipment

Knowledge & Experience

Candidates will ideally be able to offer several of the following skills/experience:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C++ -- solid understanding of memory management, concurrency and SOLID design principals.
• Embedded Linux experience: cross-compilation, BSP familiarity, device interfaces 
• Comfortable working with networking fundamentals — TCP/IP, UDP multicast, socket programming 
• Experience developing and maintaining Cross-platform applications in Qt.
• Experience with build systems (CMake) and version control (Git) 
• Ability to read and contribute to technical specifications and architecture documents

Education & Qualifications

Good degree in computer science, electronics engineering or similar background.