Overview

Embedded Software Engineer - Linea Research

Based: Letchworth Garden City / Hybrid

Term: Permanent, Full time

Salary: £40000 - £65000 pa dependent on experience + benefits

Company

Linea Research Ltd, part of Focusrite Group PLC, designs and manufactures high performance audio electronics for the professional market. Our amplifiers and processors are used across the world at some of the most prestigious venues and events. We are a global brand and the leading manufacturer of professional amplifiers in the UK.

Our modern offices and research facilities are based in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire and for this role our workshop in Great Bookham, Surrey is also available as a base. Please note that due to the nature of the work candidates will need to be able to attend one of these two locations on a regular basis.

Role

We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our software department. In this position, the successful candidate will help develop the firmware on which our products depend. This is a full time, permanent position.

Responsibilities

• Get new hardware from initial power up to running 'main()'.
• Write low level drivers, test code and unit tests.
• Work with common serial interfaces like I2C, UART and SPI etc.
• Work with Real Time Operating Systems, network stacks and Flash filing systems.
• Use embedded debugging tools that work with JTAG and Arm Cortex SWD etc.
• Use basic electronics test equipment.
• Read the parts of circuit diagrams relevant to embedded systems.

Qualifications

• Experience writing and debugging code on embedded systems in C and C++.

Desirable skills

• Familiarity with Python and C#.NET
• Familiarity with SQL, Azure, Jenkins and Github
• Familiarity with ARM cored processors
• Familiarity with Digital Signal Processing
• An interest in audio equipment or the audio / music industry

Benefits

• Hybrid way of working after probation
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• The opportunity to join our Group Pension, Income Protection, Life Assurance,
  Health Cash Plan and Private Medical Insurance schemes
• The opportunity to participate in our Group Bonus scheme
• The opportunity to join our Electric Car Scheme