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Embedded Engineer

Tracsis
Derby
6 months ago
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This is a unique opportunity to get into a small, fast growing, high-tech company. You will have a real influence over our products and get to make a difference to rail passengers all over the world from day one. Who We Are..The Tracsis Group has grown rapidly, diversifying into related transport technologies, and successfully executing a strategy that has seen it make a total of seventeen acquisitions.MPEC is the leading supplier of condition monitoring hardware to the UK railway and has helped make Britain’s railways safer and more reliable. We get to work with technology as old as mechanical signalling, right through to the latest artificial intelligence algorithms. Now part of the Tracsis group, we continue to invest heavily in R+D and are looking for someone to join the company who can help deliver new cutting edge embedded hardware and software designs to continue this growth, both at home and abroad.What We’ll Offer You..As part of a small team, you will get the opportunity to see projects go from inception through to delivery, and have a hand in each and every step. You will get to see how the entire business works and gain exposure at all levels of the company, something you simply cannot get at a large organisation.Flexible working hoursCompetitive salary Collaborative working environment25 days holiday + bank holidays Less than 5 minutes walk from Derby StationFree on-site parking50% discounted commuter rail travel, plus 50% discounted rail leisure travel for you and a partnerCycle to work schemeComplimentary lunch provided dailyLong term incentive plans Opportunities for site visits in the UK and overseasTake time to be creative; enter a bake-off, 3D-print your designs, dream up new ideas in slack time.What You Will Do..You will contribute to a diverse range of products; from inception, all the way through to release and support; involving all aspects of design, production and testing of embedded hardware and software.You will get involved in all aspects of hardware, software and product design.Testing of embedded hardware and software. What your experience will be..Essential skillsC/C++ programmingLinuxElectronics experience Desirable Technical SkillsElectronics & PCB design CAD product designNetworking, e.g. TCP/IP, HTTPScripting, e.g. Bash, PythonWeb developmentSignal processing, statistics, AI / machine learningIndustrial / IoT protocols, e.g. Modbus, Protobuf, MQTT, etc, etcWireless communications - Bluetooth, Zigbee, cellular modemsMicrocontrollers, especially PIC32Embedded Linux, e.g. YoctoIndustry knowledge of UK rail, especially signalling systemCybersecurityPlease Note: As part of your employment, you will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing as per railway industry regulations.

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