Firmware Engineer

Embedded Engineer – Firmware Development

Location: Cardiff, UK

Job : 43344

A role in our design centre in Cardiff, working in small Agile teams to develop and debug embedded firmware for PACS RFID access control products. The position requires effective time management across multiple product stages, collaboration with colleagues onsite and overseas, and occasional travel.

This engineer demonstrates initiative, identifying and suggesting areas for future work beyond assigned tasks.

• Implement embedded firmware designs and test solutions primarily in C and C#.
• Create design documentation.
• Work hands‑on with and debug embedded systems.
• Complete tasks with minimal supervision.

• Ability to write low to medium complexity code solutions.
• Experience with embedded C, bare‑metal and RTOS applications.
• Proficiency with standard development tools: debuggers, editors, compilers.
• Comfortable working at low level (GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Experience with software version control.
• Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience.
• Minimum 1+ year of related industry experience.

• Experience with Smart Card ISO
  7816 and RFID ISO 14443/15693 protocols.
• Implementation experience of cryptographic solutions.
• I2C and SPI programming.
• Unit testing with NUnit.
• Python.
• CMock unit testing.

• Compliance with HID Global policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environment.
• Availability for travel and fieldwork, including international travel.
• Must possess a valid passport or be able to acquire one.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the hiring country.

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and generous annual leave.
• Work‑life balance.
• A vibrant, welcoming inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities.
• Part of a global organization pioneering hardware, software and services for physical security.

• Empowerment:
  Work in a global team in a flexible environment.
• Innovation:
  Embrace challenges and drive change.
• Integrity:
  Results‑oriented, reliable, and value being treated accordingly.