Firmware Architect

Description

• Collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineering teams to define system-level requirements.
• Carry out additional duties as requested by the Embedded Software Leader.
• Lead the evaluation and integration of new hardware platforms, ensuring firmware scalability and adaptability.
• Provide technical leadership on Embedded aspects of project planning activities and timelines.
• Lead embedded related projects on existing platforms and new developments working across multiple sites
• Work with the Product Management and relevant stakeholders to understand desired product requirements, translation into engineering deliverables and execution.
• Define and maintain the overall firmware architecture for embedded systems.
• Help improve standardisation of approach to embedded system design and development.
• Lead code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical discussions.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance firmware design, performance, and maintainability.
• Design and implement firmware of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production release, through to post release support.
• Design modular, scalable, and reusable firmware components and frameworks.
• Champion and implement Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices across the firmware team.

Requirements

• Understanding of RTOS concepts, from simple round robin to layered pre-emptive.
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker), edge computing, and API design.
• Demonstrated experience of defining and implementing embedded software in complex hardware architectures.
• Partial Discharge (PD) Detection (UHF & Electrical)
• Demonstrated ability to get complex projects across the line, to budget and quality targets.
• Experience of industrial communication protocols (eg. MODBUS, TCP, DNP3, IEC61850, CAN).
• Familiarity with software lifecycles such as Waterfall and Agile and associated supporting tools, such as GitHub, Rally, Jira, Confluence, Quality Center, Coverity, Whitesource etc.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• The ability to communicate with stakeholders clearly and concisely on technical matters.
• Experience of reading schematics and data sheets to assist in software / hardware debug
• Significant oral and written communication skills.
• Must be organised and have methodical approach to problem solving.
• Degree level education in an Engineering or Scientific background, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bushing Monitoring (Tan Delta and Capacitance)
• Fast Transient Measurement
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills. Familiarity with hardware debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG).
• Experience with Angular or another front-end framework.
• Familiarity with electronics design, schematics, and PCB layout tools (e.g., KiCad, Altium).
• Experience designing or integrating embedded systems with microservices architectures.
• Experience of Embedded Linux implementations and environments.
• Online Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA)
• exceptional technical experience in leading, programming and development in multiple languages across complex architectures.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash, Node.js, JS, Perl, etc).
• Extensive experience of real time, embedded software engineering with a solid programming experience in C or C++, familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
• Solid understanding of embedded cybersecurity principles, including threat modelling and secure coding practices.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance