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Job Description

Senior Embedded Hardware Design Engineer

Location:Hybrid / Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000

Hours:40 hr. per week.Hours are flexible within office hours.

(UK work authorisation required for this position. Applicants who don't already hold this authorisation are not eligible and can not be considered. )

Who are Ripcord Designs?

You may not have heard of us, and that's understandable. As a behind-the-scenes consultancy, we rarely get the chance to showcase the exciting projects we work on. However, if you're interested in a variety of intriguing fields, such as IoT, medical devices, or even robotics, a consultancy could be the perfect fit for your engineering curiosity. Our team comprises senior software and electronics engineers who each play a vital role at every stage of the product design cycle.

Why we need you

We are a growing company seeking dynamic engineers who are eager to advance their careers and enhance their knowledge in embedded software and electronics. If you want to be part of a hands-on team, we would love to have a skilled engineer like you help us deliver quality and innovative products.

What we value

Problem solvers. Are you someone who loves engineering and solving problems? Learning is important to us, and we always aim to help our team learn. We value engineers who say that they don’t know something when they don’t know it – they can learn. We value engineers who ask questions when they are stuck- this happens- and like working as part of a team with other senior engineers who have amazing experience and can help. We value independence. If you know how to do something, go for it and get on with it independently (from home.)

As an Embedded Design Engineer, you will play an integral part in the business, utilising your embedded software experience and electronics.You will work in a small multidisciplinary team to develop exciting new electronic products for a wide range of applications, including medical devices, wearables and the Internet of Things.

The Position:

• Work from customer requirements to define and develop new products
• Write requirements and system design documentation
• Collaborate in a team environment to deliver innovative solutions
• Develop high-quality embedded software in C / C++
• Work on bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments
• Board bring up and test
• Liaise with customers to assist with integration, commissioning, and problem resolution
• Have a good understanding of the compliance and standards process for electronic products

This position involves occasional client meetings and writing technical reports, so a professional level of written and spoken communication is required.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of embedded software and electronics design experience
• Degree in Embedded Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline (or apprenticeship)
• Embedded C / C++
• Electronic Design
• Good understanding of real-time systems
• RTOS or Embedded Linux
• Debugging software and hardware using JTAG, oscilloscopes, and serial comms
• Proficient with Altium (or similar)
• Write and speak English at a professional level

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience working with WIFI, Bluetooth, Zigbee
• Python
• Architect software and electronic designs

Benifits

• Hybrid working (3 days in the office/ 2 days at home is standard.
• Flexible hours
• 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holiday)
• 5 days sick leave
• Training budget
• Company Pension Contribution

(UK work authorisation required for this position. Applicants who don't already hold this authorisation can not be considered. )