Embedded Software Team Leader – £70k – Worcester

Our client requires an Embedded Software Team Leader to lead development a highly talented team working on the hardware for charging technology.

You’ll lead and mentor the team, taking projects through initiation, design, development, and into successful production. You’ll report directly to our Head of Charging Products ensuring excellence in our Embedded software delivery.

Embedded Software Team Leader Day-to-day activities include:

• Leading a team of embedded firmware engineers to develop and release high quality products
• Full line management responsibility including recruitment, training and mentoring of the team
• Ensuring the continual improvement and refinement of firmware development procedures and processes to provide the required levels of quality, accuracy and agility
• Maintaining overarching architectural responsibility for the developed firmware
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to agree complete and accurate specifications as a basis for internal and/or external firmware development
• Overseeing the embedded firmware deliverables across the project life cycle and managing efficient resource allocation across multiple parallel product developments
• Reviewing firmware work packages from the internal development team and external partners.
• Developing and revising statements of work with accurate cost and time estimates.
• Ensuring all new products are sufficiently documented by producing and maintaining detailed release notes.
• Working proactively with internal and external operations partners to ensure the smooth introduction of firmware into manufactured product and the effective resolution of arising issues
• Providing technical support for firmware-related field issues, including ensuring customer and quality concerns are proactively monitored and any required engineering changes are executed in a timely manner
• Researching and introducing new tools and technologies to develop the future product roadmap.

Embedded Software Team Leader Essential Skills:

• Significant experience of leading teams of embedded firmware developers (team size circa 10 engineers/senior engineers)
• Fundamental understanding of the embedded development process from Low level “bare metal” firmware development through to Embedded Linux applications
• Experience using agile tools and methodologies in an embedded context (Jira, Scrum etc.)
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment alongside Electronic and Mechanical engineering teams focused on the development of advanced product for volume manufacture
• An open and positive outlook, with an interest to explore new technologies and ideas
• The ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the business, particularly in relation to the presentation of technical content
• Focus on detail, with the ability to produce accurate plans and documentation

What’s on offer:

• Competitive Salary
• 5% matched Pension
• 25 days annual holiday allowance in addition to bank holidays
• 1 day annual volunteering leave
• Quarterly Team Building events
• Social events
• Wellbeing, Health & Safety and Green Forums
• Employee referral reward scheme
• Long service reward scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Benefits Platform (includes cycle2work scheme, retail discounts, eye test voucher, employee assistance programme, health cash plan etc)*
• Monthly wellbeing allowance*
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Company Car scheme*

My client offers a 3-stage process that can be completed within 1-2 week. (Subject to availability). 1st stage is a 30 minute Teams interview and the 2nd stage is on onsite  interview  with the Engineering Director (and site tour) and 3rd Stage will be with the CEO/CTO

Please note that you need to be entitled to work in the UK. If you are not sure about your eligibility, please find out more information about working in the UK from GOV.UK.