Embedded Engineer

A rapidly-growing company that is leveraging the power of technology to help vehicle owners manage their automobile-related payments better, is looking for an Embedded Engineer. The selected candidate will be collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user-facing products. In order to help consumers manage their vehicle tax, insurance, parking, tolls, and congestion fees, the company is developing a comprehensive payment platform. The company has managed to secure close to £8mn in funding so far. This will be a full-time, long-term role requiring 4+ hours of overlap with the PST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Protect against invalid inputs and errors, and properly manage errors when developing defensive programming
• Help with model-based design, including state machines, timing diagrams, and sequence diagrams (UML/SysML)
• Utilizing linting tools, create software that adheres to industry standards like MISRA, BARR, and CERT
• Take charge of the critical evaluation of a project's needs and trade-offs before choosing a toolchain doing walkthroughs, inspections, and code reviews
• Elicit requirements from stakeholders
• Utilize the knowledge gained through IEC62304 compliance to develop software in accordance with industry best practices (alternative industrial or automotive equivalents)

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as an Embedded engineer
• Demonstrable experience with ThreadX, C, and C++
• Prior experience working with Ultra Low Power Electronics
• In-depth knowledge of Safety Critical Systems
• Sound knowledge of operating principles and tradeoffs including RTOS
• Knowledge of real-time deterministic with a defined maximum response time
• Prior experience designing, integrating peripherals, and writing low-level drivers and APIs
• Experience with documenting designs like Doxygen etc.
• Prior experience optimizing for ultra-low power
• Experience with Object-Oriented design practices including encapsulation, data-hiding, abstraction, and designing great interfaces
• Design and implement automated unit tests and test harnesses (on-target, cross-platform)
• Track key coverage metrics like requirements, statements, branches, Test Report generation, and RVTM
• Knowledge of Runtime control flow verification using embedded tracing tools
• Prior experience using the debugger and stack trace
• Support the development of system-level integration tests
• Knowledge of automated regression testing during the continuous integration process and for each commit
• Experience with Bug tracking and version control like Git (e.g. JIRA)
• Ability to work fluently with other engineering disciplines like Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Bio-Engineering, etc.
• Excellent project management of time and resources, while owning timing plans for work
• Good basic knowledge of Digital Electronics, RF Electronics, and mechanical integration tradeoffs
• Excellent English communication skills, both spoken and written