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Quadient Software Design Engineer in Loughton, United Kingdom

Quadient delivers exceptional experiences with passion. We continually strive to innovate and reimage something new. That inspires and motivates people to exceed expectations. Our business success is underpinned by the trust that our clients invest in our products, and in our commitment to delivering the very best solutions. This trust is earned by great people, doing a great job. We call it: The Power of You.

Our values define how we work as a team: Empowerment, Passion, Inspiration and Community. They make us EPIC. Together .

Key Responsibilities

  • Primary role: Developing real-time embedded machine control software for new products and in the continuous improvement of existing products.

  • Secondary role: Providing electronics know-how and support throughout the product life cycle.

  • This role will require you to be on-site for a minimum of 3 days a week.

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

General:

  • Degree or equivalent in the field of science or engineering.

  • 3+ years’ experience of software/hardware development, preferably in a manufacturing or engineering environment.

  • Self-motivated, self-organized, proactive, flexible, and committed to meeting deadlines.

  • Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills, concise and precise.

  • Must be able to plan and provide estimations of development tasks.

  • Capable of providing timely and accurate information to colleagues and other departments for technical files and manuals and internal processes.

  • Capable of finding software/hardware solutions during development, in production and in the field.

Software:

  • Sound working knowledge and experience in C, C++ knowledge would be advantageous.

  • Sound experience of developing real-time embedded systems, both high level and low level.

  • Must be capable of applying maths and physics principals in the software development of mechatronic systems.

  • Familiar with partitioning and layering of software.

  • Familiar with good design practices for building reliable and maintainable systems.

  • Experience of ARM microcontrollers would be a plus.

  • Experience in STM32 development tools land version control systems (SVN/Git).

  • Comfortable with Python and C# for in-house utilities.

An understanding of Electronics would be very beneficial in this role.

  • Electronics theory and practice

  • Comfortable using multi-meters, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analysers

  • Understanding of microcontroller interfacing techniques (communications, sensor, actuators etc).

  • Knowledge of motor drives (DC, AC and steppers).

  • Knowledge of serial communications standards (RS232, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB).

  • Trouble shooting and fault finding, prepared to get hands-on as required.

About Quadient

At Quadient, we exist to help organizations simplify the connection between their customers and what matters most. From mortgage approvals, medical results, and insurance claims, to accounts receivables, invoices and inbound packages.

Every day - we help companies manage over 788 million connections with their customers. Our award-winning solutions and best in class customer service are the reasons we have grown to become the driving force behind the world’s most meaningful customer experiences.

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