Lead Software Development Engineer Hampshire £38-45k

This is a new an urgent requirement for a proven lead software engineer to join an expanding electronics company in Hampshire. Due to expansion they seek a software engineer with strong practical C or Python programming ability to aid in the design and development of new and existing systems and products.

You will be working within a team that designs and develops large automated test systems for the electronics manufacturing industry. These systems incorporate sophisticated robotic and automation control applications, test systems applications, sensor systems (vision, infra-red etc), firmware and user applications. Knowledge of any of the above would be a significant advantage as would an appreciation of embedded systems, electronics, mechanical engineering or mechatronics.

The team is multi-skilled (mechanical, electronics, electrical, software etc) and are adopting Agile / Scrum design methods. Hence exposure to such methods would be beneficial but not essential as training can be provided. Furthermore a good grounding in C programming is expected. Python would be very useful for rapid development too.

There is scope to work towards becoming a software architect or software systems engineer in this role.

Skills / Knowledge:
” A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area (e.g. electronics, software, computer science etc)
” Strong realtime software development ability with C and / or Python
” Able to technically lead small teams and projects
” OOD with Java / C++ would be useful strongly preferred
” Strong applications development ability
” Knowledge of Linux or Windows or other RTOS would be ideal

Beneficial (not essential):
” Knowledge of embedded (multi-threaded) systems and electronics would be useful
” Knowledge of Agile / Scrum design methodologies ideal
” Knowledge of automation, robotics, control, sensor systems, or test equipment development could prove handy
” GUI development could be useful
” TCP/IP Network Coding (UDP/TCP)
” High Speed serial interfaces
” Distributed object/processing environments

Travel to the US, Far East, and Europe is a possibility, in order to gather requirements, participate in design discussions, support installation and debug of equipment in the customer’s premises.

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