Embedded Software Engineer

Indra Park Air work with customers all over the globe to make air travel safer. For over 60 years we’ve been one of the leading producers of VHF and UHF radios, providing the vital link between the ground and the air for passenger, freight and military aircraft.

The reasons behind our success are simple and won’t change. First, we work harder for the customer than the rest. We take time to truly know their needs and create the right product for them. We train them how to use it, we won’t let our equipment be deployed until every detail is right, and then we provide the best care and service for all our products.

At Indra Park Air we stay the best by looking to the future – to new requirements and new possibilities. A radio remains a radio, but we never stop thinking about how we can improve it, and how it can offer more to our customers. It’s no wonder that we are one of only 2% of companies worldwide to hold PLATINUM Level in Investors in People Accreditation.

At Indra Park Air, our values guide everything we do, from developing industry-leading technology to supporting our customers around the world.

Innovation - Our capacity for innovation, cutting-edge solutions, and specialised team of professionals enable us to drive a safer, more connected future through technology.

Trust - We work with strength, commitment, and reliability, delivering quality solutions to build trust with customers, employees, partners, investors, and society.

Connection - We harness the power of collaboration, connect ideas and solutions, and adapt to our customers' needs, supporting them on the path to a better future.

Foresight - We anticipate future needs to make the world safer and more connected, transforming our experience and knowledge into solutions for a better tomorrow.

We are looking for a Embedded Software Engineer the will be able to provide technical leadership and conduct software engineering activities in the design, development, test and documentation of company products and their manufacturing test systems.

What you’ll be doing:

• Carry out software design and development to meet project requirements, to include:

- Architectural design

- Detailed design

- Simple algorithm development

- Software code development

- Unit test and debug

- Support the activities of the Test & Acceptance team on Integration and test, Test plan development and execution, and Test report writing

- Technical documentation

- Participate in software design, code and other reviews

• Act as technical authority when assigned that role on small projects
• Support the Project Engineer in their role of coordinating project activities
• Provide technical supervision and guidance to others
• Apply knowledge and skills to any tactical company requirement
• Provide detailed technical advice to customers and internal staff
• Provide technical coaching
• Support the department and department manager on related departmental activities
• Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products/services or processes
• Identify, research and develop ways of improving company technical performance
• Train and mentor staff in own discipline
• Work to deliver against agreed goals and be open to deal with change

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• 1st or 2:1 class degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical subject

• Good A Level (or equivalent) grade results in science subjects with proven Maths competence

• Knowledge of communications equipment specification, design and testing, particularly network-connected Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems.
• Understanding of analogue modulation techniques, including AM, FM and PM, and digital communications technologies such as ACARS and VDL Mode 2.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across software, hardware, systems and test engineering teams.
• Significant experience in:

- Embedded software development using C, C++ and/or Rust.

- Software architecture and development methodologies.

- The complete product development lifecycle.

• Practical experience in several of the following areas:

- Embedded Linux development using Yocto, including board support package (BSP) development, platform bring-up and system integration.

- RTOS development, particularly using Zephyr, including low-level hardware bring-up, device driver development and debugging.

- IP networking and VoIP technologies, including the development, extension and support of ED-137 implementations. Experience with secure VoIP technologies such as SIP over TLS and SRTP would be advantageous.

- Embedded web applications and multi-user access control mechanisms, including LDAP authentication integration. Experience with RADIUS-based authentication is also desirable.

- Understanding of digital signal processing (DSP) concepts, algorithms and modelling techniques.

- ⁠Model-based design and simulation techniques for embedded and real-time systems.

- Embedded security technologies, including secure boot, TPM integration and cryptographic key lifecycle management.

- Development of automated unit, integration and system tests, including the application of test-driven development (TDD) practices.

- Effective use of AI-assisted software development tools and coding agents to generate, review, debug and validate software.

- Debugging embedded hardware and software using logic analysers, oscilloscopes, protocol analysers and software debugging tools.

• Knowledge of adjacent engineering disciplines
• Proven experience in a design engineering position, including being in a senior position
• Excellent interpersonal and good negotiating skills
• Effectively communicate to a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Plan ahead and anticipate potential problems
• Solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
• Organise work to achieve tactical objectives
• Highly self-motivated, positive and flexible
• Hands on, can-do approach
• Customer orientated

Note - In special circumstances individual requirements can be relaxed, e.g. additional experience can be taken in lieu of qualifications.

Security Clearance:

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Benefits

• Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500

• Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 days of your annual leave ‘on the day’
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services
  

Indra Park Air is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.