Firmware Engineering Leader - Firmware Leader

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Sector:

    Engineering & Manufacturing

  • Salary:

    £65000 - £68000 per annum + Bonus (10%) and excellnet benefits

  • Contact:

    Joseph Coombes

  • Contact email:

    Joseph.Coombes@volt.eu.com

  • Job ref:

    75754-ITENG-JBS_1578912375

  • Published:

    about 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2020-02-12

  • Startdate:

    February

Firmware Engineering Leader - Firmware Leader

As the Firmware Leader you will be responsible for the specification, development and delivery of the firmware for products across the business. You will work with Product Management to define product strategy and capability across the organisation, and provide technical expertise and oversight of firmware development and test, as well as defining design processes and procedures which underpin their capability across the business.

You will have day to day management of the direct team and responsibility for the delivery of products from the Teams in their other sites. Demonstrates accountability for functional business and broad company objectives, provide technical direction and leadership of the firmware team, ensuring that product is in line with market and industry trends as well as business needs, define together with the site engineering management firmware engineering strategy for the business and you will be the owner of firmware engineering resource, as well as responsibility for firmware quality assurance and quality management system.

Key skills & responsibilities:

*Bachelor of Science in Firmware Engineering or similar discipline
*Deep experience and understanding of Firmware Engineering
*A number of years previous experience of managing engineering teams
*Work with the Software Engineering Leader to ensure Cyber Security is addressed holistically within the product range
*Provide input to firmware related bids and proposals
*Assesses overall firmware capability and defines firmware process improvements and efficiencies across the business
*Performs technical and business assessment, generation and maintenance of firmware engineering standards and procedures