First Base Employment Limited

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The individual will be accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:

Firmware design and development to support product changes and new products
Design and develop embedded firmware for downhole tools
Design and develop embedded firmware for interface and communication systems
Design and develop tests along with the creation of test scripts
Work with legacy firmware
Find and fix bugs in embedded firmware
Read and understand hardware schematics and datasheets
Evaluate new hardware devices and designs
Use source-code control systems such as Git to co-ordinate development
Use task tracker systems such as Trello to record issues and co-ordinate development
Analyse design issues and identify solutions
Install and configure development tools such as Integrated Development Environments, compilers, and source-code control systems
Design and develop interfaces to other downhole and surface tools and systems
Produce detailed documentation for new and existing code and interfaces
Perform any other engineering duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

The individual must at a minimum possess the following:

Experience in embedded programming using C or C++
Experience in C or C++ coding
Knowledge of coding in a high-level scripting language such as Python
Experience in designing multithreaded and/or multi-process embedded systems
Knowledge of synchronisation issues in embedded systems
User-level familiarity with Microsoft Windows operating systems and Office applications
Knowledge of commonly used communication systems, interfaces, and protocols: SPI, I2C, async serial, RS232, RS485
Experience with debugging embedded systems, using tools such as the oscilloscope, logic analyser and multimeter
Some electronics design knowledge is required

What is on offer:

To apply for this role please forward your CV and covering letter to andrew.penrith@first-base.co.uk

Software Engineer