Negotiable
OverviewThe Embedded Software Manager will work within the Engineering department based at our site in Hunmanby or Mansfield. They will be required to perform a hands-on role within the matrixed engineering team to line manage a subset of the engineering team in the delivery of new product developments and the maintenance of existing.
Requirements
Expert in C/C++ for embedded systems
Understanding to Linux operating systems and application development, including Yocto
An appreciation of the power generation industry and/or control and automation solutions
Understanding of product development and managing multi discipline teams
Software development life cycles, tools and processes
A functional safety standard such as ISO 26262, 61508 or IEC 60730
Good understanding of cyber security principles and technologies for embedded systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent ability in work break down and task estimation with a willingness to commit and drive projects to completion
Familiar with combined stage gated (waterfall) / agile development approaches
Risk identification and mitigation techniques
Comfortable communicating with both technical engineers and management
Problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
Enthusiastic and optimistic
7 years+ experience as a senior engineer or team leader, with direct reports
7 years+ working as an embedded software engineer, with a mixture of RTOS and Linux project exposure
A background in electronics, possibly from degree education
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Line management of a segment of DSE engineering team. Engineers are located at both the North Yorkshire and Sutton in Ashfield sites with some remote and hybrid working in place
Line management includes day to day task management, 1:1 appraisal, goal setting, creating, and guiding personal development plans, holiday approval and sickness review
Work collaboratively with the Project Managers to review the technical content of projects, define and estimate the duration of tasks to form project plans, assist in making sure project plans are technically correct and appropriate timescales are being worked to
Work with Project to allocate engineering work tasks to the reporting segment, using JIRA or similar tool for task management
Provide technical guidance and be a mentor to junior engineers
Review and be responsible for engineering work to ensure a high standard of output from the reporting segment
Ensure the engineers have the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to complete the tasks. Work with the engineering management team to address gaps as necessary
Work at the project inception stage to provide product and project costs estimates, feasibility studies and ensure that high level technical requirements are captured completely prior to wider engineering involvement
Be a technical decision maker and contribute to platforms and architecture strategy
Assist in the development of in-house tools and process
Support the wider company by answering technical questions
Administration and maintenance of engineering systems, revision and variant control systems, issue management systems
Work with other supervisors and engineering managers to ensure alignment on technology, processes, designs and testing
Review department KPIs to ensure targets are being hit
Depending on size of team, work hands on as an engineer for the relevant discipline
Risk identification and mitigation techniques, relating to the determination of functional safety levels
Comfortable communicating with technical engineers
Benefits
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
Life Insurance
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
5% Pension contributions
Companywide performance based annual bonus ..... full job details .....
Negotiable