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THE POWER OF NOW
Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.
* Kidlington
* Full-time
* Perm
* 40 hours per week
THE POWER OF NOW
Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Firmware Engineer to join the Power Conversion department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.
About The Role
Reporting to the Technical Director – Power Conversion, you will be supporting the full life cycle of Fortescue Zero’s Power Conversion Products, covering high power DC/DC power systems used in industrial green energy applications. The fast pace of Fortescue Zero projects will also require support in challenging time frames and across a variety of industry sectors.
What You Will Do
* Working with Xilinx MPSoC microprocessors
* Designing firmware in for power conversion systems
* IP core design & validation in VHDL/System Verilog
* Working with hardware engineers to develop automated test equipment
* Bootloader development
* Using requirements tracking software
* Decomposition of system level requirements to detailed software and firmware requirements
* Firmware test and documentation
* Compiling ASPICE documentation
* Supporting the delivery of Software products to required quality standards
About You
* Significant Industrial experience, post graduate with electronics / mechatronics degree or equivalent.
* Experience in industrial/automotive/aerospace or similar highly regulated industry
* Experience of firmware development in low level language such as C
* Experience of RTOS (FreeRTOS/Safe RTOS)
* Working with CANBus tools (Vector Canalyzer, XCP )
* Industrial experience, graduate with electronics / mechatronics degree or equivalent.
* Good knowledge of electronics hardware
* Experience of developing software for high reliability systems (ISO26262, IEC 61508)
What is in it for you?
* Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
* Aviva Pension
* Group Life Assurance
* Group Income Protection
* Electric Car Scheme
* Health Cash Plan
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Private Medical Insurance
* 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
* Childcare Benefits
* Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships
Application Deadline
The closing date for applications is 11th July 2025.
Not near-zero
Not net-zero.
We are Fortescue Zero.
Additional Information
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.
Seniority level
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Mid-Senior level
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