Software Development Engineer

Mansell Recruitment Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a talented Software Development Engineer / Controls Engineer to develop software for advanced thermal management systems. The candidate will collaborate with teams to optimize control strategies, implement embedded systems in C/C++, and contribute to project planning and customer support. Mentorship of junior engineers is also part of the role. This position is based in Birmingham, UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and optimizing control strategies.
• Ability to capture functional and software requirements.
• Familiarity with validation and documentation processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize control strategies and algorithms for thermal management systems.
• Capture functional and software requirements.
• Participate in design and code reviews.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Control system development

Embedded systems

Modeling and design

Documentation

Tools

GitHub

Job description

My client is seeking a talented Software Development Engineer / Controls Engineer to support the development, maintenance, and enhancement of software solutions for advanced thermal management systems. The successful candidate will work closely with cross‑functional teams to design, develop, and deploy high‑quality software that underpins industry‑leading HVAC, powertrain, and battery thermal technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise control strategies and algorithms for whole‑vehicle thermal management systems.

• Capture functional and software requirements.

• Model and design high‑level control systems.

• Implement embedded control systems in C/C++ (bare‑metal and RTOS).

• Validate and document outputs at unit and integration levels.

• Maintain and document codebases (GitHub) to ensure reusability and reliability.

• Participate in design and code reviews.

• Contribute to technical proposals, project planning, testing, customer support, and audits.

• Mentor and support junior engineers and share technical expertise.