Lead Firmware Engineer

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Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

The Role:

This role is part of our BlueBear Business in Bedfordshire.

You will be required to support a mixture of R&D and product development activities within a leading autonomy and unmanned systems company. Blue Bear continuously innovate within core areas such as UAV autopilots, mission systems, ground control stations, and all supporting systems and infrastructure.

You will be keen to get involved in all development areas and have a good track history/proven track record in both problem solving and quality software development.

Working as part of a team in a multidisciplinary team you will have good communication skills. A can-do attitude and a genuine passion for innovative technology will be advantageous.

Develop low-level drivers for UAV for control of effectors, reading instrumentation and integration of novel sensors.

Key Responsibilities:

Primarily, your role will be to lead in the design, implementation and test of real time embedded software to support both experimental activities and product development, ensuring real-time safety, security and redundancy considerations are met.

Develop, own and execute firmware roadmaps working closely with Software and Electronics department leads.

Lead a skilled team in the delivery of firmware for high-paced projects.

The opportunity will enable the successful candidate to gain knowledge of cutting-edge autonomous systems.

You will be responsible for delivery, reporting and presentation of technical work and writing and submitting any necessary documentation.

Delivery and maintenance of the embedded systems software within the UAV specifically.

Support development of automated HWIL test environments.

Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum 5+ years experience of embedded Linux

Experience leading a team of low-level software engineers.

Sound understanding of Linux kernel configuration and tuning

Experienced user of Linux OS build toolchains such as Yocto and Buildroot

Programming languages: C, C++, Python, Scripting (including Bash)

Ability to work from application code right down to bare metal

Experience of working with core communication interfaces such as UART, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, CAN

Experienced at hardware level debugging and fault finding

Experience of Electronics design, development and testing.

Awareness of FPGAs and VHDL.

Able to interpret relevant data from electronic schematics and component datasheets and application notes for the purposes code writing

RTOS coding and debugging

Awareness of assurance frameworks (DO-178C etc.) and secure by design.

Conducting code reviews

Familiar with use of version control tools such as Git

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

To undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required within the grade and level of the post.

You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your evolving role within the company and the overall business objectives of the company.

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview

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