Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com. Job Details: Job Details: Job Summary: The successful candidate will be the lead developer of a small, embedded software team. The role is initially technically focussed, but we are looking for a candidate who seeks career progression and has the potential to grow into a management role in the future. The role sits within the DTECH area of Cubic’s Defence business. It involves designing embedded software for new products (e.g. microcontroller firmware), as well as maintaining software for the existing devices. The role will suit a self-starting individual with experience debugging low level issues through software and hardware analysis. The development will largely be in C and C , but experience with other languages would be beneficial. The role requires close coordination with the electrical and systems engineering teams to ensure the software is robust and effective. Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities Design, develop and test high-quality software Capture and review functional requirements and translate into a clear design, prototyping as required Integrate and troubleshoot firmware on a target platform in the lab environment using hardware analysis tools Utilise software development best practices to ensure code is well structured, unit tested and easy to maintain Work within an agile team to ensure minimum viable product development and seek early feedback from stake holders Able to lead projects, estimate task timescales and clearly report on their status Participate in design and development reviews across the wider team, including less familiar areas Able to work collaboratively and contribute constructively to team meetings and design discussions Contribute new ideas and tools for continuous improvement of the team development practices Provide mentorship to junior engineers Education and Qualifications Four-year college degree in computer engineering or other related technical discipline, plus a minimum of five years of related experience or a master’s degree with at least three years of related experience. Skills Knowledge and Experience Essential: Strong C/C experience Comprehensive understanding of embedded systems, including hardware-software interactions, real-time constraints, and low-level programming concepts Experience debugging in an embedded environment, using both software and hardware tools e.g. experience using oscilloscopes Experience using Unix commands and Linux based operating systems Able to analyse and solve complex software engineering problems Experience writing unit tests and using unit test frameworks Desirable: Experience with tools & applications such as JIRA, Confluence and Git Experience with FPGA Hardware Description Language (HDL) Personal Qualities A driven and self-starting individual, with a desire to write quality, effective software Good analytical skills, with a passion for finding simple solutions to complex problems Able to prioritize work and complete tasks to a deadline Good communication skills and ability to clearly convey complex ideas The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need. #LI-Hybrid #LI-JM1 Worker Type: Employee Worker Type: Employee Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement. Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!