Embedded Software Engineer

Advanced Navigation; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Navigation seeks an Embedded Software Engineer to develop embedded software for its navigation product range. You will work closely with the Product Manager to ensure requirements, timelines and engineering designs are met while growing collective team skills.

You will contribute to real‑time embedded C/C++ applications, collaborate with hardware teams, and develop software tools to support hardware bring‑up, factory testing and manufacturing processes, adhering to relevant standards.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified engineer in computer systems, software, mechatronics or related field.
• Strong ability to dive into technical topics and learn new skills.
• Proven ability to turn high-level discussions into concrete work plans and report progress.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software for navigation product range.
• Collaborate with Product Manager to meet requirements and timelines.
• Write embedded C/C++ real‑time applications.
• Work with hardware team to align software and hardware.
• Build tools and diagnostics for factory testing.
• Deliver quality software on schedule.

Skills

Deep technical topics

Planning & reporting

Proactive initiative

Motivation & decisiveness

Attention to detail

Time management

Embedded C/C++

Embedded systems

Microcontrollers

Low power electronics

Product lifecycle

Production software

FreeRTOS

Education

Engineering degree in computer systems, software, mechatronics or similar

Tools

Linux

Containerised applications

Yocto Project

ARM Cortex-A53

Job description

Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications.Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics.

Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself:https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk

Advanced Navigation enters a new phase of Growth and International expansion. The Software Platforms team is on a mission to develop software to ensure that our products are the most reliable, high performance navigation products in the world.As an Embedded Software Engineer you will be instrumental in realising this ambition, developing software to solve real world problems.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop embedded software for our navigation product range
• Work closely with the Product Manager to ensure project requirements are being met, timelines are realistic and being adhered to and also the engineering designs meet requirements
• Work with team members to grow the collective skills of the entire team
• Work closely with a passionate team of engineers, developing embedded C/C++ real-time applications
• Collaborate with our hardware team to ensure hardware designs meet software requirements
• Be involved in the design process for future products
• Proactively adopt and utilise modern AI-assistance tools to optimise coding workflows and problem-solving.
• Develop software tools, diagnostics, and infrastructure to support hardware bring-up, factory testing, and manufacturing processes.
• Develop software in compliance with relevant international, regional, and industry-specific standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Take ownership and responsibility for a component of a project and manage deadlines and reporting for the component.
• Deliver quality software solutions to agreed schedules and deadlines
• Be involved in the design process for future products
• Proactively adopt and utilise modern AI-assistance tools to optimise coding workflows and problem-solving.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Degree qualified Engineer with specialisation in computer systems, software, mechatronics or similar
• Be comfortable deep diving into technical topics and learning new skills to solve new problems
• A track record of turning high level discussions into detailed, personal work plans and reporting progress to management
• A proactive self-starting approach with a track record of initiative, personal responsibility, ownership of work and reputation for making things happen
• Be highly motivated with an energetic, responsive and decisive disposition;
• Proven high standard of attention to detail, time management and “follow-through”.

Desired experience:

• Comfortable with Linux and containerised applications.
• Have 4+ years of engineering experience with complex C/C++ embedded software products
• Have experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers
• Have experience with low power electronics and microcontrollers
• Have experience with all stages of the product development cycle, concept development, R&D, design and planning
• Have experience releasing production quality software
• Experience with FreeRTOS real-time operating system

Mandatory

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong attention to detail.
• Efficient time management abilities, showcasing a drive for swift action.
• Strong attention to detail
• Be comfortable deep diving into technical topics and learning new skills to solve emerging problems
• Possess strategic thinking and strong abilities to distil large amounts of information quickly and accurately

Nice to have

• Strong mathematics and physics background
• Experience with ARM Cortex-A53 microprocessors within FPGA system-on-chip (SoC) environments, specifically targeting AMD/Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC platforms.
• Experience with the Yocto Project build system for configuring and deploying custom embedded Linux distributions.