Experienced Firmware Engineer

Embedded Firmware Engineer, Kenwood Business (De’Longhi Group) Kenwood Global Headquarters, Havant, Hampshire | £Competitive + excellent benefits
Kenwood’s Electronics Engineers lead the design and development of electronics for our renowned food preparation products. They are a key part of cross functional development teams, that include hardware, mechanical plus marketing and operations. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will lead the firmware development for assigned projects within the Kenwood range from concept through to production.
You’ll help us innovate to provide cost-effective customer benefits, delivering in-house electronics design and working with external partners to build and deliver projects from concept to production. This is a role where you’ll be able to expand your horizons: you’ll have access to the expertise across our group and the opportunity to travel as you deal with our Delonghi Group brands, suppliers and factories in China.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills and experience within an electronics and projects environment for a renowned brand, supported by excellent internal lab facilities for product development and testing.

Designing and developing electronics for domestic appliances.

• Design and implementation of Firmware for Motor Control, User Interface, peripherals and Sensors on MCU-based circuits in ‘C’
• Contributing to the overall system design alongside hardware and mechanical engineers.
• Design validation testing at PCBA and system level
• Ensuring design meets safety requirements for regulatory approval
• Design documentation and configuration management
• Use of toolsets such as GIT, Jira and Testrail in an Agile environment

As such you’ll contribute technical expertise to the project from initiation to completion, accessing resources from the wider team when necessary.

You’ll be competent in embedded C programming and SW version control. You’ll have some experience of analogue and digital design, safety/EMC compliance for electronics, testing and de-bugging.

You’ll be open to the opportunity to learn from those around you, and excited to work within a project environment.

Aside from an outstanding benefits package and a friendly, diverse culture, you’ll enjoy the reward of working on projects throughout the full lifecycle of concept to delivery, within an entrepreneurial and forward-looking team. Competitive Salary

• Excellent contributory pension
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free on-site parking
• Flexible benefits package
• Kenwood is a world leader in food preparation technology and a renowned kitchen appliance brand. Our products allow anyone, from novices to professional chefs, to enjoy the thrill of creating their own delicious food and drinks. While our appliances are engineered to stand the test of time, we’re pioneers who continually push the boundaries of technology, always looking for new and easier ways for people to get creative in the kitchen.
• You’ll work from Kenwood’s global HQ on the beautiful South Coast between Portsmouth and Chichester, where our products are conceived and tested, and where our UK De’Longhi division is based.