Software Developer

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Three days’ paid volunteering leave

Group Inclusion Plan

Job summary

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is seeking a Software Developer with an embedded systems focus to join our software team in a hybrid role.

You will help create the next generation of devices for pharmaceutical manufacturing and beyond, spanning bare-metal embedded work to networking and application development.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in writing well-architected, tested code, with TDD where possible.
• Skilled in at least one lower-level language, ideally C++, and at least one higher-level language such as C#, Python or JS/TS.
• Experience in embedded systems (Cortex-M/A) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and debug embedded software, predominantly in C++ for ARM Cortex-M
• Facilitate software development for the integration of embedded systems with customer and assembly line desktop applications, automated testing systems, and each other
• Support the continual improvement of our agile and highly collaborative development processes

Skills

C++

C#

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

ARM Cortex-M

Tools

GitHub Actions

PROFINET/EtherNet/IP

RTOS

UML

Hardware bring-up

FOC/PID control

Job description

Job Title: Software Developer – Embedded systems focus
Location: Redruth, Cornwall
Location Type: Hybrid / flexible working available, 3 days a week in office
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of SpiraxGroup, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Groupwith expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermalsolutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouragingteam, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoinggrowth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit ourwebsite to learn more.

Job Summary

Join our software team, focusing on high quality embedded systems development, andcreate the next generation of devices for pharmaceutical manufacturing and beyond. You’llhave the opportunity to work spanning many interesting layers of abstraction, from baremetal embedded and motor control, to networking and application development

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and debug embedded software, predominantly in C++ for ARM Cortex-M
• Facilitate software development for the integration of embedded systems with customer and assembly line desktop applications, automated testing systems, and each other
• Support the continual improvement of our agile and highly collaborative, best practice development processes

Skills/Experience

We’re looking for talented developers with strong fundamentals in writing well architectedand tested code, using practices such as TDD. Robust and auditable software is key to ourbusiness. You're given the empowerment required to achieve high quality results.

You are skilled in at least one lower-level language, ideally C++, and at least one higherlevel language, ideally from C#, Python and JS/TS. Recent industry experience is expected.

Experience in embedded systems, Cortex-M or A, is desirable but not essential. While we deliver training on the job, some technologies we utilize for which experience would be a bonus include: GitHub Actions; PROFINET or EtherNet/IP industrial networking; workingwithin compliance frameworks (especially 13485); RTOS usage; hardware bring-up; FOC motor control or PID control loops; UML.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in takingcare of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included GroupInclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive andequitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve theirfull potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationshipswhere everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and culturalbackgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything elsethat makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we willalways consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so wehave introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group InclusionCommitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss ordomestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Ifyou would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in ourapplication form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusiveand diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds toapply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let usknow.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we aredriven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplacewhere everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader inmanufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies forthe life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-useapplications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholdersas we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Ourtechnologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes andindustrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage,Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors andHealthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions thatsit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beansto mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions andinspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to maketheir difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers,our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environmentwhere everyone feels included.