Firmware Design Engineer (Embedded ventilation control systems) in Crawley

Volution Ventilation UK is a prominent supplier of ventilation products, dedicated to improving air quality and energy efficiency across various markets including the UK, Nordics, Central Europe, and Australasia. Our mission is to enhance customer experiences through innovative ventilation design and solutions.

Location: Crawley/ Hybrid working

Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 8.45am – 4.55pm, Friday 8.45am – 4.25pm

Package: Salary dependent on experience, Technical Bonus, Annual leave 25 days plus bank holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance, EAP.

Job profile: To work within the Volution Ventilation Group Technical Team as a Firmware Design Engineer, reporting to the Technical Manager - Controls, to design, develop & review firmware for embedded ventilation control systems, including fault-finding of controls & firmware and participating in firmware architecture and technical design activities.

As a Firmware Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Working in a small team environment.
• Working closely with electronics, mechanical, test, product management and manufacturing teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Writing, updating and reviewing detailed product design, firmware specification and system test documents to ensure all requirements are met, throughout the whole product life cycle.
• Communicating concepts, unit and system level designs, design validation test results and progress of projects to core team & leadership.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of coding standards, development processes and tools.
• Planning, monitoring, and controlling workload and progress, ensuring deliverables are achieved against agreed timescales.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and solving complex technical problems.
• Prioritising key tasks effectively and demonstrating a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Proven track record in embedded C/C++ firmware development for electronic products, across a broad range of commercial market sectors including direct involvement with the full product development lifecycle from concept to production release.
• Degree qualified in Electronic / Software / Computer Engineering or related subjects or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of industry experience in embedded systems.
• Experience developing for resource-constrained embedded systems (8 to 32bit) using both bare-metal and RTOS environments.
• Knowledge of ARM Cortex M, PIC & ESP32 MCUs would be advantageous.
• Experience of digital communication & signaling methods, ideally including RS485, Modbus RTU, SPI, I2C, PWM, ADC.
• Knowledge of IoT (TCP/UDP/IP, MQTT) and Sub-GHz RF.
• Experience of commissioning and debugging prototype / newly developed hardware & embedded platforms, including use of hardware tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Experience of devising high-performance, cost-effective, optimised firmware architectures, including modularity / layered techniques, maximising opportunity for code re-use.
• Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.
• Strong written, and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable skills and experience, but not essential:

• Understanding of secure firmware development principles, including secure boot, firmware update mechanisms and product cybersecurity considerations.
• Python or scripting for test automation.

Equal opportunities: All current employees and potential employees are provided equal employment opportunities by Volution Group Plc.