Senior VxWorks Developer (DO‑178 / Safety-Critical)

Join a diverse team of approx. 2000 professionals across four continents, driving innovation and growth within intive’s technology hubs. Work alongside industry experts trusted by leading brands like Audi, BMW, Deichmann, Meta, NewsCorp, Tandem, Paramount, Vorwerk, and Warner Bros. Discovery to create pioneering, sustainable digital experiences.

At intive, agile thinking and deep industry expertise come together across Automotive & Mobility, Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Technology, Media & Communication. Be part of a team that’s shaping the future of digital innovation.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge embedded software development projects as part of our Client's global Professional Services team, supporting clients worldwide.

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for developing embedded software for hardware systems, applying their experience across a variety of processors and peripheral devices.

The position requires a self-driven and hands-on engineer with strong technical expertise, as well as good communication skills to effectively collaborate with customers and internal project teams.

The role involves close cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders, including engineers, project and program managers, and customer support teams, within a culture that values openness, collaboration, and trust.

The engineer will report to a local Project Manager while working closely with an international services team that plays a key role in ensuring customer success. This role is UK based.

Tasks of the role:

• Design, implementation and validation of embedded software E.g.  Board Support Packages (BSP) for custom and/or COTS embedded hardware systems 

• Design, implementation and test of software drivers for a variety of peripheral devices commonly used in embedded hardware systems.

• Development of hardware test code, support bring-up and validation of custom embedded hardware systems.

• Assist with the development technical plans supporting detailed statements of work estimating effort and required team skills.

• The candidate must have skills for writing detailed design documents.

• The job requires solid people skills for a positive influence on the project team and direct interaction with customers.

• Ability to technically mentor and educate junior staff

• The qualified candidate must be able to apply prior knowledge to quickly troubleshoot complex problems over a wide range of services projects….

• Work independently 

ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success

• Experience with low level embedded SW (e.g. BSPs and device drivers) development, debugging/trouble shooting

• Experience using embedded software development environments (e.g. Workbench, Eclipse)

• Experience in custom embedded hardware bring up

• Strong C programming experience

• Software development experience on one or more common embedded processor types (PowerPC, MIPS, X86, ARM, etc.)

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills and a track record of completing software development tasks on time

• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn

• Solid decision making skills and judgment – can be depended upon to meet goals, foresee and avert problems

• Should be a hands-on type of person with the initiative to dive in and do whatever is necessary to get the task completed.

• Preferred: Experience with Multi-core & Virtualization architectures a plus.

• Simics and/or Certification experience a plus

Qualifications

• 4-year technical degree, advanced degree preferred

• Minimum of 3 years of embedded software design experience preferably with VxWorks and Linux.

• Experience with low level embedded SW (e.g. BSPs and device drivers) development, debugging/trouble shooting

• Experience using embedded software development environments (e.g. Workbench, Eclipse)

• Up to 25% travel with the ability to work on customer sites under pressure

• DO178 Certification

• Availability from mid July/early August