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Senior Firmware Engineer

Plymouth
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Job Title: Senior Firmware Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Working Arrangement: On-Site 1 Day Per Week
Key Experience/Skills:

  • Demonstrable skills in modern C microcontroller firmware development for embedded devices
  • Good Knowledge of low-power wireless comms’, such as Zigbee BLE/ Bluetooth and WI-FI
  • It is expected you will have an understanding of electronics and microcontroller-based embedded systems
  • Your background will include experience with various embedded software development environments including compilers, debuggers, toolchains and emulators
    Desirable
  • Experience of low-level communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART) implementation and debugging
  • Knowledge of version control principals & experience using a version control tool
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle stages and reasons for following this process
  • Experience with either consumer electronics, IoT or audio product development
    Education:
    Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical/electronic Engineering or equivalent is required

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