Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Surrey - £70,000 - 85,000 + Benefits - Hyrbid 

nGenium are working with a Surrey based client who have a requirement for a Lead embedded software engineer to help deliver their exciting new range of products. 

They are looking for a candidate that:

• Has strong management and leadership skills, preferably with at least two years of experience in leading and managing a team.
• Can take ownership of the full feature life cycle: understand the requirements, design a solution that can be integrated into the product and deliver it (design, implement and test) in collaboration with the team.
• Can work autonomously and as a team player, contributing towards the overall product development in-line with our project timelines.
• Is eager to explore novel solutions and innovate.

Core Responsibilities:

• Ability to work with key business stakeholders to define roadmaps and plan work for the team.
• Extensive experience programming in C/C++ and shell scripting knowledge.
• Experience working with Linux kernel device drivers (V4L2, I2C, SPI, UART etc), ranging from developing drivers from scratch, porting drivers and debugging issues in upstream drivers.
• Experience developing device tree’s and pinmux configurations.
• Extensive experience building and developing custom Linux distributions using Yocto Knowledge of authoring/maintaining meta layers, developing recipes and bbclasses.
• Experience developing systems using Buildroot.
• Experience with core Linux system components such as process management, logging, networking, graphics stack etc.
• Knowledge of the early-stage boot process, working with UEFI, U-Boot and initrd scripts.
• Experience in system bring-up and hardware integration.
• Extensive experience with Linux environments and embedded Linux.
• Basic electronics knowledge; able to navigate through datasheets and schematics.
• Comfortable liaising with suppliers and other 3rd parties.