In 2021 Turntide acquired three North East businesses to establish our presence in the UK – those businesses were Borg Warner in Gateshead, Hyperdrive in Sunderland and Avid in Cramlington. The acquisitions allowed us to extend our Smart Motor System to the transportation sector and help turn the tide on climate change.

There is a massive change happening across Transportation. Companies are working furiously to develop new electrified platforms to meet the demands of their customers and do their part to reduce carbon emissions. Our Turntide for Electrification solutions help ease the customer journey and accelerate their transition. The faster they can transform, the better it is for our planet.

A Senior Embedded Software Engineer’s primary focus will range from bare-metal coding on development kits to complex safety critical software systems working as part of a cross functional team of engineers. The role is based at our site in Gateshead and reports in to the Software Engineering Lead.

Job Role

In this role the Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible for the following:

Developing embedded software for safety critical applications, primarily in the C programming language and Simulink
Interpret customer and product specifications to produce software functional specifications
Software system design
Documentation of architecture and high-level design
Ensuring compliance with processes required by ASPICE and ISO 26262
Ensuring that software design follows the company software and quality procedures
Ensuring that all work is carried out safely.

Experience and Skills

We’re looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

Experience in development of real-time embedded software using the C programming language
Experience in the whole software development lifecycle, ideally, the V-model lifecycle
Experience working alongside and collaborating with controls and hardware engineering teams
Knowledge of typical optimisation techniques and how to apply these to real-time systems
Experience with formal coding standards
Debugging on real-time embedded systems
Dealing with real time operating systems

It would also be great (but not essential) if in addition to the above you also had:

Experience working on projects for use in automotive, or similar, systems
Experience of Python or C# programming languages
Knowledge of or experience of working with Simulink and associated code generation tools.
Experience of software development for safety critical applications standards required by ISO26262
Experience of software development for cybersecurity applications standards required by ISO21434
Experience of Agile development techniques
Experience of signal processing and knowledge of associated techniques used on real-time software.
An understanding of signal acquisition at the hardware level, with an ability to follow a circuit’s schematic layout
An understanding of basic principles and laws of electronics
Basic understanding of motor control and power electronics

Qualifications

A degree or equivalent in the following discipline is required: BSc (Hons) in Computer Science / Software Engineering, BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent. 2.1 or higher grade

Relevant experience could also be considered

Attributes

The ideal candidate will have the following personal qualities:

Enthusiastic, flexible and able to thrive and succeed in times of ambiguity and change
Structured individual with ability to interact and communicate at all levels of the organisation
Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications and relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders
Good commercial awareness and proactive problem-solving skills to ensure business needs are understood and agreed solutions are delivered.
This is a very hands-on position – we expect a person with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude.
Ability to work well under pressure, prioritise work accordingly and meet tight deadlines
Pro-active taking ownership of tasks given and follow through to completion
Must model highest degree of moral and ethical behaviour
Must be able to work alone with minimum guidance, but also be able to operate effectively as part of a team.
Confident, thoughtful and able to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical team members
Ability to mentor and train effectively, supporting development through hands-on or practical experience.
Must have an agile approach to work
Tackle problems with creativity and innovation
Hungry for success, self-motivated, results-driven, and ambitious

The Upside

Competitive salary
Hybrid/flexible working options
Enhanced Company pension scheme
Life insurance annual salary
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & SPL
Employee assistance wellbeing scheme
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym and restaurant (Gateshead site only)
Eyecare support
25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase an additional five day’s annual leave

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Turntide Technologies is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity. As such, any applicant with a disability will not be excluded unless unable to perform a duty intrinsic to the role, having considered reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability.

Please contact the UK Recruitment team to discuss or request any reasonable adjustments or find out any further information regarding this position.

Please note: Direct applications only. No unsolicited Staffing Recruitment Firm submissions will be accepted. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Turntide Technologies.

Terms and Conditions

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