Staff Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Staff Engineer (Firmware )

Location: Cardiff, UK

Job ID: 39908

A Staff Engineer with embedded firmware development and debugging skills is required for our design center in Cardiff.

Working in small versatile Agile teams, the candidate's work will be involved in product design and sustaining activities on a range of PACS RFID access control products. Previous experience designing code cryptographic code for secure applications would be highly desirable for this role.

The candidate needs to be able to effectively manage their time to support work on a variety of products at different stages of the product's lifecycle, and to be able to collaborate well with colleagues from different departments both onsite and overseas. 

A Staff Engineer is a trusted specialist who drives technical solutions for moderately complex projects. They make informed decisions, stay current with industry standards, and bring cross-functional expertise to their work.

This engineer shows initiative beyond completing tasks list; they can identify and suggest areas of future work for themselves and their teams. 

If this sounds like you keep on reading!

Who are we? 

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 

Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS):

HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced, reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers, credentials and controllers, to mobile and biometric technologies, HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people, property and assets with scalable, high-quality solutions. 

This is more than just a job – it’s your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions.  

Are you ready to make a difference? Join us and help shape the future of security.

As our Staff Engineer, you’ll support HID’s success by:

• Design and Implementation of embedded firmware and test solutions primarily in C and C#.
• Design and implementation of cryptographic solutions.
• Creation of design documentation.
• Practical hands-on experience working with and debugging embedded systems.
• Working in a team environment.
• They require little oversight beyond high level direction and can take a complex scenario, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing sub-tasks with relative ease. 
• Communicates technical decisions through design docs, white papers, and educational social media platforms.
• Communicates effectively with cross functions; can work well with Product, Design, Analytics, etc, as necessary.
• Proactively identifies problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) for their own work and adjacent work and communicates these issues early to help course-correct.

What we will love about your background

• Ability to verify product software requirements considering hardware capabilities.
• Mentor to other engineers in the low level (as FW) or high level (as SW) design and development
• Able to understand, maintain and create designs for mid-size projects.
• Can provide solutions to complex issues.
• Fluent in product embedded programming C & C#
• Fluent in low level (as FW) or high level (as SW) development techniques
• Fluent with software version control.
• Good understanding and skills with CI/CD
• Solve security / SSDL related issues.
• Able to demonstrate experience with the FW/SW development progress.
• Implementation experience of cryptographic solutions including symmetric & ideally PKI asymmetric.
• TDD Unit test approach.

Your Experience and Education include:  

• Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience.
• Minimum of 7+ years of related industry experience.

Additional beneficial skills/experience :

• Smart Card ISO7816 and RFID ISO 14443/15693 protocols
• I2C and SPI protocols.
• USB low level protocols.
• Jenkins automation server/client programming.
• NUnit test framework.
• Scripting languages e.g. Python.
• CMock unit testing.
• Windows/Mobile GUI/Application development.
• Design experience with secure elements.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance.
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential.
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds.

Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.