Software Developer

Software Developer – Embedded systems
Location: Cardrew, Redruth
Location Type: Hybrid, 3 days a week in office
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Watson-Marlow Fluid TechnologySolutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Job Summary:
Join our software team, focusing on high quality embedded systems development, and create the next generation of devices for pharmaceutical manufacturing and beyond. You’ll have the opportunity to work spanning many interesting layers of abstraction, from bare metal embedded and motor control, to networking and application development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop and debug embedded software, predominantly in C++ for ARM Cortex-M
• Facilitate software development for the integration of embedded systems with customer and assembly line desktop applications, automated testing systems, and each other
• Support the continual improvement of our agile and highly collaborative, best-practice development processes

Skills/Experience:

Essential Requirements:

• Strong fundamentals in writing well-architected and tested code, using practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Proficiency in at least one lower-level language, ideally C++.
  
• Enjoy problem-solving, communicating in cross-functional teams, and being empowered to achieve high-quality results.

Desired Requirements:

• Proficiency in at least one higher-level language, ideally from C#, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience in embedded systems, Cortex-M or A.
• Familiarity with technologies such as GitHub Actions, PROFINET or EtherNet/IP industrial networking, working within compliance frameworks (especially 13485), RTOS usage, hardware bring-up, PMSM motor control or PID control loops, and UML.
  

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Life assurance
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at .

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.