Embedded Software Engineer

at  Civitanavi Systems

Company overwiew
Civitanavi UK Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Civitanavi Systems S.p.A., has been established to address major business opportunities in the UK and to bring the UK a sovereign capability in high grade inertial sensors and systems and GNSS products. Civitanavi UK Ltd will be based in a brand new facility in Bristol, close to major aerospace and defence customers and travel links (hybrid working will be considered). The UK business has already established a strong reputation with major UK primes and is now ready to recruit for a number of key roles.
Civitanavi Systems is a professional yet dynamic company with a can-do attitude at all levels. The business is hungry for ideas and passionate about delivering to the customer what they need when they need it, “We Care, We Perform, We Deliver” is not just a slogan, it is a driving principle.
Civitanavi Systems S.p.A. is fully owned by Honeywell.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Experienced embedded software engineer, mastering C language and structured software engineering practices, to generate tested and reliable code ready for integration on different kind of safety critical systems ( Inertial Navigation Systems, System for stabilization, AHRS, and IMU ) on heterogenous application fields: Avionics, Naval, Aerospace, etc…

Duties and responsabilities

• Development, verification and maintenance of embedded software in C language, certifiable for mission and safety critical avionics systems according to the RTCA DO-178B/C guideline up to Design Assurance Level A OR Knowledge of a process-equivalent development standard in other application fields (ECSS, ASIL, etc…)
• Participation in the drafting of the documentation related to the SW Development process (SW Requirements Data, SW Design Description) starting from the System Requirements provided.
• Experience in the development of embedded software for processing platforms without operating system (bare metal)
• Experience in writing low level software for various I/O protocols (Serial, I2C, SPI, …)
• Support to the V&V Engineers for definition and development of test cases for high-level and low-level requirements
• Interacting with possible subcontractors in case of off-load of verification tests execution and carefully reviewing the generated outputs
• Analysis and resolution of issues related to the SW integration and HW/SW integration process
• Ability to handle tasks on different projects with a proven ability to perform efficient context-switch.
• Participation in the development of digital algorithms and filters in the inertial navigation
• Supporting project planning efforts and ensuring execution to schedule
• Generating and reviewing SW related engineering documentation
• Managing documentation and SW code in adherence to Configuration Management and Change Control procedures
• Conducting or participating in design reviews and supporting customer audits
• Managing assigned tasks simultaneously and effectively communicating with the team members and the group head.

Qualification and skills

• Master’s degree in computer science, electronic engineering, or similar disciplines
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in designing, coding, integrating, verifying and carefully documenting SW for embedded systems
• Thorough knowledge and proven experience in using the C language for embedded platform (reference is MISRA C)
• Experience in the certification of embedded software for avionics equipment according to DO-178B/C
• Knowledge of software development life-cycle in accordance to avionic standards (DO-178B/C): planning, requirements, design, development, integration, verification, conformity
• Ability to generate accurate (in content and in form) life-cycle software artifacts, required for formal documentation of the software design and verification process
• Capacity of adopting a systematic and structured analysis for software troubleshooting
• Attitude to adhere to internal SW Requirements, SW Design and SW Coding standards when generating the SW documentation
• Professional ethics and preparation for collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams
• Attitude to effectively interact with electronics engineers for HW/SW Interface definition, taking over the artifacts (documents, code) generated by other members in the working team
• Organized and systematic to maintain documentation in appropriate order
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Knowledge of English Language, both in writing/reading technical documentation and in speaking/listening during project meeting and design reviews

Preferred Skills

• Control-loop theory knowledge
• Kalman filter knowledge
• Familiarity with Matlab and LabView
• Mastering real-time software behaviour and scheduling solutions on embedded platform without operating system (bare-metal)
• Familiarity with SoC (System on Chip) Xilinx product family or STMicroelectronics SoC

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• Development, verification and maintenance of embedded software in C language, certifiable for mission and safety critical avionics systems according to the RTCA DO-178B/C guideline up to Design Assurance Level A OR Knowledge of a process-equivalent development standard in other application fields (ECSS, ASIL, etc…)
• Participation in the drafting of the documentation related to the SW Development process (SW Requirements Data, SW Design Description) starting from the System Requirements provided.
• Experience in the development of embedded software for processing platforms without operating system (bare metal)
• Experience in writing low level software for various I/O protocols (Serial, I2C, SPI, …)
• Support to the V&V Engineers for definition and development of test cases for high-level and low-level requirements
• Interacting with possible subcontractors in case of off-load of verification tests execution and carefully reviewing the generated outputs
• Analysis and resolution of issues related to the SW integration and HW/SW integration process
• Ability to handle tasks on different projects with a proven ability to perform efficient context-switch.
• Participation in the development of digital algorithms and filters in the inertial navigation
• Supporting project planning efforts and ensuring execution to schedule
• Generating and reviewing SW related engineering documentation
• Managing documentation and SW code in adherence to Configuration Management and Change Control procedures
• Conducting or participating in design reviews and supporting customer audits
• Managing assigned tasks simultaneously and effectively communicating with the team members and the group head