Software Control Engineer

Senior Software & Controls Engineer (Permanent) – East Midlands (Fully On-site)

Permanent, full-time Senior Software & Controls Engineer role in the East Midlands
, 100% on-site
. Focus is model-based controls
, embedded software/firmware
, and on-hardware validation in a regulated product development environment.

• Model-Based Design (MBD) using MATLAB
  , Simulink
  , Stateflow
• Modelling and simulation
  , plant models, system-level and component-level simulation
• Auto-coding / model-to-code deployment onto embedded real-time control hardware
• Embedded software
  , firmware development
  , bare-metal C / embedded C
• Hardware integration
  , sensor/actuator bring-up, troubleshooting and fault-finding
• Comms/interfaces:
  CAN bus
  , SPI
  , serial protocols
• Verification & Validation (V&V),
  on-hardware testing
  , debug, data capture and analysis
• Process-led engineering: testing, issue/defect reporting, change control / configuration management

• Degree (BEng/BSc or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline
• Strong hands‑on capability across controls + embedded software + hardware integration
• Confident working in a regulated, quality‑led development process (automotive/aerospace style environments)
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain complex technical concepts to different audiences