Job Description

and Responsibilities :

At Coherent Scotland, we develop laser systems that help people. Our systems are deployed in a wide variety of markets including renewable energy, microelectronics, fundamental research, life sciences and medicine. We aim to make a positive impact on everybody’s life by providing customers with lasers with superior reliability and performance.

Coherent Scotland has grown strongly and consistently over the past ten years, even through times of global economic slowdown. We have a healthy product development pipeline which will enable this growth to continue in the future. This will generate many exciting opportunities for personal growth within the organization in the years to come.

Coherent Scotland is based at the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow and is a subsidiary of Coherent Corp., a global leader in the manufacture of laser products. We are housed in a purpose-built facility with research and development, manufacturing and marketing all on one site, which we have recently expanded.

We have a friendly, business-orientated work environment and great staff facilities within our modern building, such as an on-site cafeteria. In addition, we offer a competitive remuneration package which includes a contributory pension scheme, subsidised private health care and free life assurance. However, if a work-life balance is important to you, you’ll also be pleased to know that we operate flexible core hours which provide the opportunity to start your weekend early.

About the role

This role is for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to work as part of the product development team responsible for the design and test of software for our laser systems. We are looking for a professional Embedded Software Engineer who is capable of contributing to the long-term development of our scalable system platform in addition to the full lifecycle development of individual laser products.

Responsibilities will include :

• Develop reliable and clean C code to be used in high-quality laser systems.
• Maintain and expand existing libraries with a view to rapid deployment.
• Produce technical documentation as required.
• Planning and estimation of development tasks.
• Coordinate the integration of software with hardware and optics.
• Support legacy software on existing products.

Education and Work Experience :

Essential Skills

Preferred Addtional Skills