Embedded Systems Engineer

Deep Sea Electronics Ltd; Hunmanby; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Deep Sea Electronics Ltd seeks an embedded software engineer to design and implement software for Cortex‑A/M devices and microcontrollers, working from requirements to deployment. You will translate market needs into precise specifications, develop and test system software, and collaborate with hardware, PC software, and test teams.

The role emphasizes high‑quality code, documentation, and adherence to CI/CD practices using Git/GitFlow.

Qualifications

• Experience in stage gated/agile development processes.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into technical specs.
• Commercial experience with embedded systems and electronics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production.
• Translate market requirements into technical product specifications.
• Design, develop, code, test and debug system software per spec.
• Review code and design.
• Interface with hardware and PC software teams.
• Perform product testing on your own and others' software.

Skills

Embedded C

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Git/GitFlow

CI/CD

Debugging

Team collaboration

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure Pipelines

Job description

• Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production and commercial deployment
• Translate the market requirements into technical product specification
• Design, develop, code, test and debug system software, according the technical product specification
• Review code and design
• Interface with hardware design and development
• Interface with the PC software design and development
• Perform product testing on your own and others software as required
• Fixing software issues and optimizing existing products
• Write and maintain development documentation including specifications, test plans and design descriptions
• Make use of the company version control system to write software in a controlled manner
• Visit customer sites and attend training courses identified and provided by the company3.0 Internal & External Relationships
• Engineering and Project Management Teams
• Test and Approvals department - The Embedded Engineer will work closely with the test and approvals team,
• Technical Support - Assist Technical Support with more involved customer queries, and technical authoring support
• Attention to detail, able to work both individually as a part of a team and self discipline required for software developing and testing
• Produce clear and concise software documentation
• High quality software development
• Ability to define and work to timescales
• Expert in Embedded C Other programming languages (C#,
• Embedded Linux JavaScript, HTMS/CSS)
• Yocto Build systems Electrical principles
• Real Time Operating Systems, such Open source licensing models as Free RTOS / Segger emBOS /
• TFS
• ThreadX
• Git and GitFlow
• Security techniques and cybers security analysis Skills & Attributes Essential: Desirable:
• Familiar with stage gated / agile Understanding of electronics
• development approaches schematics and hardware designs
• Comfortable collaborating closely Systems architecture design
• with electronics engineers on
• Commercial acumen and
• embedded systems understanding
• Use to work to a high-quality
• standard
• Excellent team player with problem solving and trouble-shooting capabilities
• Task breakdown and work estimations for backlog and project planning
• Ability to translate requirements into a technical product specification
• Enthusiastic and optimistic
• 5 years + experience with Experience with setup and embedded systems in a commercial management of CI/CD platforms engineering department e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines

Deep Sea Electronics is a global leader in the design and manufacture of generator controllers, automatic transfer switch controllers, battery chargers, and vehicle and offhighway control systems. With over 200 employees across four continents, we supply our products to customers in more than 150 countries, both directly from our UK head office and through a well-established international distributor network. Working as an individual or as part of a team, this embedded software engineering role covers the full software lifecycle including, requirements capture, design, development and verification. The role will involve developing software for Cortex A and Cortex M series microprocessors and microcontrollers, both at low level and application level. The role exposes the engineer to a wide range of industrial control technologies and applications.