Details:

• Inside IR35
• 9 month contract
• Onsite requirement 50% of the time i.e. 3 days one week, 2 days next week - Reason for this is due to nature of the work, you will be working closely with hardware and equipment, so need to be onsite to be productive.

Title

Senior Systems Software Development Engineer

Overview

This position is for a highly proficient software engineer who likes turning advanced research into working systems, and who will have the opportunity to impact the progress of an exciting new storage system. You would be responsible for working on the embedded software controlling hardware within read systems.

This role is for supporting the Product Development Team.

Come and join an incredibly talented multi-disciplinary team of laser scientists, optical physicists, electronics engineers, and computer scientists working together to build this storage technology of the future.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing the embedded software architecture and code base to support the Read and Writer Systems.
• Working closely with system designers, electronics engineers, FPGA developers, and mechanical engineers to understand their requirements and implement suitable software solutions.
• Maintaining and improving the existing Rust codebase.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting interactions between the hardware and the software.

Skillset

• Creation of real-time embedded code in a Linux environment to control custom electronic subsystems.
• Experience with Linux, down to the device tree level.
• Experience interfacing with hardware (device register access, cache coherency, memory-mapped IO).
• Rust coding experience.
• Proficient at communication and team working in a multi-disciplinary and highly agile environment.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision towards only partly-defined tasks, interacting with others in the team to clarify needs and iterate quickly.

Useful Experience

• Hard processor systems (HPS) running on FPGAs (ARM processors).
• Interaction with FPGAs / Firmware.
• Intel / Altera HPS ecosystem – exposure to VHDL, QSYS, and SignalTap.
• Control of Scientific or Industrial equipment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Scientific/Engineering disciplines + 5 years’ experience.

Typical Day in the Role

Some time would be spent talking to FPGA, electronic, or mechanical engineers to understand their requirements. Some time would be spent designing and proposing ways to meet those requirements. The bulk of the time would be spent implementing and debugging/testing the new functionality. Many of these new features would be implemented in the context of an existing codebase, so there will also be adaptation and improvement of this.

Candidate Value Proposition

This is a chance to work with some amazing people in a cross-disciplinary team building real hardware and pushing the boundaries of science.

Job Title: Senior Systems Software Development Engineer

Location: Cambridge, UK

Rate/Salary: 400.00 - 475.00 GBP Daily

Job Type: Contract

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