Senior Embedded Software Engineer

As an Embedded Software Engineer at Renishaw, you’ll be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and integration of firmware across a range of our calibration products.

You’ll be part of our laser and calibration software team, working with Agile methodologies, DevOps practices and collaborative software engineering tools.

You’ll gain specific domain knowledge and be actively involved in the state-of-the-art technology solutions. Our firmware is developed mainly using C. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop mobile and desktop applications using C# and other technologies.

The role is available for hybrid working, currently set as two days on site per week. From time to time there will be a need to attend site to carry out certain tasks and we’re likely to ask you to attend more often during key phases of projects.

Responsibilities

• Help design and architect new firmware Implement new embedded protocols
• Develop unit, behavioural and integration tests
• Develop and maintain software components, APIs and libraries used to communicate with Renishaw devices and instruments
• Conduct design and code reviews W
• Work closely with others in a multi-disciplinary team
• Collaborate as part of an agile software team
• Work with project and product managers to define product specifications
• Work closely with electronics engineers to optimise system engineering Supervise or mentor more junior members of the team. *

Key Requirements

Degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or similar discipline (or similar demonstrable experience)

Working knowledge of:

• Modern microcontrollers Embedded C and firmware design
• Test-driven development / behavioural-driven development
• Multithreaded programming on real time operating systems Low level protocols - particularly UART / RS485, SPI, I2C *

Understanding of:

• Distributed version control systems (Git) Software development lifecycle, from specification, design, and test-driven development, through to deployment, verification, and maintenance of software components *

Ability to:

• Measure timings, power, debug using digital oscilloscope etc
• Demonstrate experience debugging embedded systems
• Follow established development processes and guidelines
• Communicate effectively with colleagues across different disciplines Produce clear, concise technical documentation *

Key Technologies

• Embedded C, VS Code
• CMake
• NXP, Nordic MCU’s
• FreeRTOS, Zephyr
• SEGGER debuggers
• Visual Studio, NET (C#) + WPF (XAML)
• Git (or equivalent)
• Atlassian toolset (or equivalent)
• Unit test frameworks (unity, fff, Googletest) USB, Bluetooth and serial communication technologies *

• Development of USB devices and transport protocols (e.g SSI, USBTMC)
• Test-driven development in an embedded environment
• Developing on microcontrollers with embedded C++ / Assembler
• Using RTOS for embedded applications (particularly FreeRTOS)
• Higher level application software development (C# .NET, WPF, PowerShell, Python etc) Software design languages (UML/Yourdon) *

Awareness of:

• Agile software development methodologies
• DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing and task management tools)
• Machine tool languages, geometry and measurement systems Object oriented software design, MVVM and design patterns *

Exposure to:

• ARM CORTEX MCU’s - in particular NXP LPC series and Nordic nRF series
• Electronics background
• Developing design solutions through schematic, PCB layout, prototyping, and testing using EDA tools such as Altium and Zuken
• Use of protocol analysers for debug and test
• IAR toolchain
• Tools such as IAR Embedded Workbench, CLion, Eclipse, MCUExpresso, MS Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Enterprise Architect, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket pipelines Collaboration as part of an Agile Software team, ensuring quality, timeliness, value, and defining clear requirements *

Person Specification

• Continuous Improvement: A drive to enhance processes and practices.
• Collaboration and Communication: Ability to work in teams and convey ideas effectively.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: A genuine interest in creative solutions and a desire to tackle intricate challenges.
• Critical Thinking and Learning: Eagerness to learn, apply new knowledge and utilize system-based thinking.
• Ownership and Efficiency: Willingness to take responsibility and work swiftly.
• Success in this role hinges on teamwork, self-motivation, attention to detail, and proactive task management

When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.