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Senior VxWorks Developer – DO-178C
Contract: 12 months
Rate: Negotiable
Location: Remote
IR35: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior VxWorks Developer to join a long-term embedded software development project, working on safety-critical systems.
The successful candidate will have strong experience in low-level embedded software development, with particular expertise in VxWorks, C programming and DO-178C. You will be involved in the design, development, testing and validation of embedded software for complex hardware environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and validate embedded software, including Board Support Packages (BSPs) for custom and COTS hardware.
- Design, implement and test device drivers for embedded peripheral devices.
- Support hardware bring-up, testing and validation of custom embedded systems.
- Develop high-quality C code within safety-critical environments.
- Produce detailed software design and technical documentation.
- Troubleshoot complex embedded software and hardware integration issues.
- Contribute to technical planning, effort estimation and project delivery.
- Work closely with engineering teams and technical stakeholders.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers where required.
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Essential Experience
- 7+ years' software development experience, including at least 5 years working with DO-178C.
- Strong understanding of DO-178C, ideally including DAL A certification environments.
- Strong commercial experience with VxWorks.
- Excellent C programming skills.
- Strong experience developing BSPs and device drivers.
- Experience with low-level embedded software development, debugging and troubleshooting.
- Experience with embedded processor architectures such as PowerPC, MIPS, x86 or ARM.
- Experience with embedded development environments such as Workbench or Eclipse.
- Experience supporting custom embedded hardware bring-up.
- Ability to work independently and troubleshoot complex technical problems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Desirable Experience
- Multi-core and virtualisation architectures.
- Simics.
- Safety-critical software certification projects.
- Linux embedded development.
- Experience working directly with customers or distributed engineering teams.
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering or another relevant technical discipline preferred.
- Ability to travel to customer sites occasionally if required.
If you are interested please apply or send your CV to luke.sandilands@cpl.com
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