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Contract: Permanent
Location: Ideally based in the Edinburgh/Central Scotland area. However, the position will be remote in the short term. In the longer term, Remote/home and blended working will remain an option.
Salary: Competitive

We are looking for a Firmware Engineer who brings experience of developing low-level Firmware which interfaces to ASIC and other low level electronic peripherals for Comms, I/O, Memory, Timers, Sensors, etc. On a daily basis, the successful candidate will:

• Develop embedded software features to support CNIGuard products, including: low level communications, writing drivers for low-level peripherals such as UART, SPI, Flash, Timers, GPIO, Sensors
• Develop SW that interacts with Cellular modem and other RF communication protocols
• Work within the software team at CNIGuard to achieve shared product deadlines
• Manage your time and prioritise your work effectively in a fast-moving environment
• Participate fully in developing CNIGuard’s quality management process, including ISO9001 and processes required for Functional Safety and Product Security
• At all times, adhering to CNIGuard’s very high standards for Software Quality and Reliability

REQUIREMENTS

It is essential that:

• You have a degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or another related field
• You have 3+ experience working in Embedded Software Development: C, ARM/PPC FreeRTOS (or equivalent, including bare metal)
• You have experience in developing drivers for low level communications interfaces, such as SPI, UART, I2C, GPIO
• You have experience working at a system level (CNIguard’s product is a connected IoT device)
• You should have a firm grasp of IoT basics
• You can program devices with RF interfaces, such as 4G Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or LoRaWAN
• You know how Memory works (Flash & RAM)
• You know your way around embedded SW development & test tools – from revision control (SVN, Git) to compilers, logic analysers, scopes, JTag probes…
• You can demonstrate great analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable (but not essential):

• You have experience in Industrial IOT systems, including sensors, gateways and connectivity to ‘the cloud’
• You have a working knowledge with Software Quality/Coding standards such as MISRA C
• You have experience of developing software that meets functional safety and security standards (e.g. IEC EN 62443, IEC EN 61508)
• You have a good working knowledge of Python scripting
• You have experience working in an Agile development environment, utilizing Continuous Integration and Test Automation.
• Ideally, you would have experience with many of our project management tools (Jira, Confluence…)

Contract: Permanent
Location: Ideally based in the Edinburgh/Central Scotland area. However, the position will be remote in the short term. In the longer term, Remote/home and blended working will remain an option.
Salary: Competitive

We are looking for a Hardware Engineer who brings experience of developing the Electronics for IoT Edge Systems (microcontrollers, comms interfaces, power management, memory, etc). On a daily basis, the successful candidate will:

• Develop embedded system features to support CNIguard products
• Support Manufacturing and Supply Chain operations
• Work within the Engineering team at CNIguard to achieve shared product deadlines
• Manage your time and prioritise your work effectively in a fast-moving environment
• Participate fully in developing CNIguard’s quality management process, including ISO9001 and processes required for Functional Safety and Product Security
• At all times, adhering to CNIguard’s very high standards for Software Quality and Reliability

REQUIREMENTS

It is essential that you can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, or related discipline
• 5+ years’ experience in Embedded Hardware Design – design from concept to production and Design for Manufacture.
• Component selection, microcontroller operation, analog and digital sensor interfacing, schematic-capture and PCB design.
• Design and optimization of low-power and battery-powered systems.
• Integration and operation of radio communication modules.
• Use of circuit simulator and optimization tools.
• Operation of in-circuit tests and JTAG tools.
• Prototyping and ‘bread boarding’ skills.

Desirable (but not essential) skills:

• Design of Industrial IOT systems, e.g., sensors, gateways, and connectivity to ‘the cloud’
• FPGA and PLD circuit design.
• Embedded software experience.
• RF circuit design and antenna selection.
• Product prototyping using CAD tools
• Design of in-circuit test equipment for factory production system tests
• Use of Measurement and Diagnostic Tools – Use of appropriate equipment: logic analysers, oscilloscopes, multimeter & bench power supplies etc.
• Ideally, you would have experience with many of our project management tools (Jira, Confluence…)

Contract: Permanent
Location: Ideally based in the Edinburgh/Central Scotland area. However, the position will be remote in the short term. In the longer term, Remote/home and blended working will remain an option.
Salary: Competitive

This role will be responsible for architecture and development of data-oriented applications, the Cloud Services which support them, APIs and communication with Edge IoT devices. Security of Data and Applications is a critical part of the job.

REQUIREMENTS

It is essential that:

• You have a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or another related field
• You have 5+ years’ experience working in Cloud-native Software Projects
• You are an accomplished developer using Python, noSQL, JavaScript
• You can demonstrate experience in Cloud and Web oriented applications
• You have experience working with AWS Platform Services
• You can build a Software platform that serves both internal developments, as well as SaaS Data Services
• You are fluent in modern design patterns – specifically Service Oriented Architecture
• You know your way around SW development tools – from Revision Control through to deployment and application monitoring
• You have experience working in an Agile development environment, utilizing Continuous Integration and Test Automation – including common Agile tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering and Secure Development experience would be a huge bonus
• You can demonstrate great analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable (but not essential):

• You have demonstrable experience with common Web application frameworks (such as Django, React,…)
• You have experience of and end-to-end IoT systems
• Some front-end experience, especially around data visualisation, would be useful
• Familiarity with React.js would be a plus
• You are aware of Data Privacy and Security principles, standards, and regulations (GDPR, ISO 27001, encryption, Authentication & Authorisation, Identity & Access Management…)