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Dse

6 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies

JIRA

C++

Computer Security

Linux

Embedded Software

Real-Time Operating Systems

Software Engineering

Yocto

Job description

Line management of a segment of DSE engineering team across North Yorkshire and Sutton in Ashfield sites with remote / hybrid working.
Day-to-day task management, 1 : 1 appraisals, goal setting, personal development plans, holiday approval and sickness review.
Collaborate with Project Managers to review technical project content, estimate task durations, and ensure project plans are technically correct.
Allocate engineering work tasks to the reporting segment using JIRA or similar tools.
Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers.
Review engineering outputs to maintain high quality standards and address gaps with the engineering management team.
Participate in product and project cost estimation, feasibility studies, and capture complete high-level technical requirements at project inception.
Act as a technical decision maker and contribute to platform and architecture strategy.
Assist in developing in-house tools and processes, and support the wider company by answering technical questions.
Administer and maintain engineering systems, revision and variant control systems, and issue management systems.
Collaborate with other supervisors and engineering managers to align on technology, processes, designs, and testing.
Review department KPIs to ensure targets are being hit.
Depending on team size, work hands-on as an engineer for the relevant discipline.
Implement risk identification and mitigation techniques, including functional safety level determination.
Communicate comfortably with technical engineers.

Requirements

Expertise in C / C++ for embedded systems.
Understanding of Linux operating systems and application development, including Yocto.
Appreciation of the power generation industry and / or control and automation solutions.
Understanding of product development and managing multi-discipline teams.
Knowledge of software development life cycles, tools, and processes.
Familiarity with a functional safety standard such as ISO 26262, 61508, or IEC 60730.
Good understanding of cyber security principles and technologies for embedded systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent ability to break down work, estimate tasks, and drive projects to completion.
Experience with combined stage-gate (waterfall) / agile development approaches.
Risk identification and mitigation techniques.
Comfortable communicating with both technical engineers and management.
Problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
Enthusiastic and optimistic attitude.
7+ years of experience as a senior engineer or team leader, with direct reports.
7+ years of experience as an embedded software engineer, with a mixture of RTOS and Linux project exposure.
Background in electronics, possibly with a degree education.
Relevant Bachelor's degree.