Senior Software Systems Engineer - West Midlands (889147)

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Senior Software Systems Engineer
West Midlands, England

Senior Software Systems Engineer

The Role

The functional Integration Team is responsible for the development and release of application software for a number of high profile and challenging global applications with European, North American and Asian/Far Eastern vehicle manufacturers.
You will support this development, striving for customer delight with timely deliveries, novel system functions and high quality software. You will support the generation of software design document to appropriate software quality and safety standards, review software implementation and perform system level testing and issue resolution.
As the post covers the interaction between software and hardware a broad understanding of a range of engineering disciplines, such as electronic hardware and control and software development for embedded systems, will be an advantage.

Core tasks

- Assist with all aspects of the function development, testing and release for a specific application throughout the product lifecycle both internally and with customers and suppliers. (Overseas travel will be required from time to time)
- Translation of customer specifications into software requirements documents for implementation by the software team
- Working with the Control Team to develop, simulate, prototype and evaluate new algorithms
- Working with the software implementers to ensure that all software deliverables meet requirements and standards
- Provide support for system integration and testing, requiring development work on bench rigs and in vehicle
- To contribute in the relevant areas of ECU and software safety analysis (e.g. dFMEA, FTA)

We are looking for

Essential:

- Able to work effectively within a team and with a strong positive attitude
- 2.1 or better degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or a related discipline
- Understanding of software/systems design and experience of tools/methods
- Knowledge of real-time embedded software (C language)

Desirable:
- Self motivated and able to work without direct supervision
- An understanding of analogue and digital electronic hardware
- Matlab and/or Simulink experience, preferably with automatic target code generation
- Knowledge of safety-critical applications and/or automotive component development and industrialization
- Familiarity with SPICE or equivalent
- Understanding of CAN-bus communications and diagnostics over CAN
- Six-Sigma Green Belt certified

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.