Senior Embedded Systems & Controls Engineer
Location: Renfrew, Glasgow
Are you an experienced Embedded Systems Engineer looking for an opportunity to take technical ownership, influence engineering best practice and contribute to innovative product development?
We are looking for a Senior Embedded Systems & Controls Engineer to join our Technology team. This is a hands-on senior engineering role, responsible for designing, developing, testing and maintaining generator control and embedded systems. You will work closely with colleagues across the business to resolve technical challenges, improve existing systems and support the development of new products and technologies.
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you will:
- Design, build and develop embedded systems, including firmware and control systems.
- Test, debug, validate and analyse complete systems to ensure performance and reliability.
- Maintain, monitor and improve systems following development, supporting service requirements where needed.
- Develop and maintain embedded software, including embedded C, and associated hardware solutions.
- Design, develop and prototype PCBs for use within control systems.
- Develop and manage IoT solutions across the product range.
- Promote engineering best practice within the Controls team and provide technical guidance to other engineers.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams, customers and stakeholders, including Industry and Service teams.
- Introduce and improve engineering processes to support consistency, efficiency and optimisation.
- Produce high-quality engineering documentation
About you
As this is a senior position, you will ideally have:
- Proven capability in developing and working with embedded systems using the C programming language
- Significant experience in embedded systems development, debugging and troubleshooting.
- Strong knowledge of embedded communication protocols.
- Experience with IoT and OTA systems and protocols.
- Experience using MATLAB/Simulink for modelling or code generation.
- Hands-on electrical fault-finding experience within industrial applications.
- A degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- Chartered Engineer status, or be working towards it.
- You will be a self-motivated and collaborative engineer who is comfortable working independently, sharing knowledge and contributing positively across cross-functional teams.
It would also be great if you have
- Experience of secure software development, secure coding practices, vulnerability management and Secure Development Lifecycle principles.
- Experience using PCB design tools such as Altium for schematic capture and layout.
- GUI development or user interaction design experience.
- Hands-on prototyping experience within a controls environment.
- Experience working with PLC systems.
- Experience working with pneumatic systems.
- A background in chemical engineering or chemistry.
Why Peak Scientific?
At Peak Scientific, you'll join a collaborative and innovative team where quality is at the heart of everything we do. You'll have the opportunity to influence supplier performance, improve manufacturing quality, work on exciting product development projects, and contribute to the continued success of a globally recognised organisation.
Our values
Put Customer First, keep customer needs at the heart of every decision and action
Be Innovative, always curious and open to new ideas and better ways of doing things
Stay Agile, be responsive and make timely, considered and well-informed decisions taking accountability for the outcomes
Always Respectful, kind and supportive, always look for the best in each other and strive to help one another do a better job
Show Pride & Passion, be proud about what we do and enjoy our work
Peak Scientific is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, genetic background, age, disability, military service, or any category protected under applicable law in its hiring, employment or other programs and activities.