Summary
A Staff engineer with embedded firmware development and debugging skills is required for our design center in Cardiff.
Working in small versatile Agile teams, the candidate's work will be involved in product design and sustaining activities on a range of PACS RFID access control products for ASSA ABLOY and Third Millennium. Previous experience designing code cryptographic code for secure applications would be highly desirable for this role.
The candidate needs to be able to effectively manage their time to support work on a variety of
products at different stages of the product's lifecycle, and to be able to collaborate well with colleagues
from different departments both onsite and overseas. Occasional travel may be required.
Staff Engineer is seen as a grounded and reliable engineer who is a master of their specific domain. Capable of owning technical design for projects of moderate complexity and understands the tradeoffs in creating good work/output/product in their field. They are aware and self-learn industry best practices & trends and have acquired at least one major skill outside of their area of expertise.
This engineer shows initiative beyond completing tasks list; they can identify and suggest areas of future work for themselves and their teams. The Staff Engineer self-seeks evidence to support their ideas and builds cases for these ideas.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following :
1. Design and Implementation of embedded firmware and test solutions primarily in C and C#
2. Design and implementation of cryptographic solutions.
3. Creation of design documentation.
4. Practical hands-on experience working with and debugging embedded systems.
5. Working in a team environment.
6. They require little oversight beyond high level direction and can take a complex scenario, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing sub-tasks with relative ease.
7. Communicates technical decisions through design docs, white papers, and educational social media platforms.
8. Communicates effectively with cross functions; can work well with Product, Design, Analytics, etc, as necessary.
9. Proactively identifies problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) for their own work and adjacent work and communicates these issues early to help course-correct.
Required Education and Knowledge / Experience:
10. Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience.
11. Ability to verify product software requirements considering hardware capabilities.
12. Mentor to other engineers in the low level (as FW) or high level (as SW) design and development
13. Able to understand, maintain and create designs for mid-size projects.
14. Can provide solutions to complex issues.
15. Fluent in product embedded programming C & C#
16. Fluent in low level (as FW) or high level (as SW) development techniques
17. Fluent with software version control.
Work Environment
18. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Cardiff, our current hybrid working model allows 2 remote days per week
19. Available for occasional international travel.
What we offer
20. Unique blend of startup agility and strong financial backing (multi-million USD).
21. Opportunity to shape architecture and infrastructure from scratch.
22. High-performing, passionate team.
23. Attractive products that engineers enjoy working on, maximum impact.
24. Flexible working hours.
25. Free parking lot.
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We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
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