Lucy Electric

Internal Job Title : Software Engineer Embedded.

Business : Lucy Electric Manufacturing & Technologies India.

Location : Halol, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Lucy Electric is a leader in secondary power distribution solutions with over 100 years industry experience.

Specializing in high-performance medium voltage switchgear for utility, industrial and commercial applications, we enable the safe and reliable distribution of energy to homes and businesses worldwide.

About This Role :

Working as part of a team of embedded engineers you will be key to developing our next generation of embedded automation solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced software engineer to work in a mixed signal environment, developing software for both analogue data acquisition systems and ARM based micro-controllers for high reliability operation in a hostile environment.

You will work with the Project Manager, Product Manager and/or other stakeholders to develop technical specifications then realize the product and support its release to the end user.

This may include the opportunity for occasional site visits both in the UK and overseas to support commissioning and training.

The ability to work on a broad range of systems applying different programming languages would be advantageous; developing the embedded software and contributing to the development of associated diagnostic tools/graphical interfaces in different programming languages would be a good example of this.

What You Get To Do Within Our Team :

- Use good engineering practice to design new and modify existing products using company specific software to produce designs and implement systems.

- Analyse scope and requirements, identify and solve problems.

- Where required take responsibility for the entire product life cycle, including specification, software architecture, design, validation, production release and customer support for released products.

- Provide innovative solutions to technical problems.

- Work with-in an agile multi-disciplined team.

- Be a key participant of design reviews.

- Support change management, testing, fault finding, prototype and production build.

- Provide end user support for both new and existing products.

- Technical liaison with within and outside Lucy Electric with customer, suppliers and collaboration partners.

- Responsible for supporting team members.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills :

Skills :

- Analyse the scope and requirements.

- Methodical approach to problem solving.

- Create concept designs.

- Use Integrated Development Environments together with Change and Configuration Management tools to develop software source code.

- Develop comprehensive test cases to demonstrate that functional and performance requirements are met.

- Work with electronics, systems and mechanical engineers to design and debug systems.

- Able to work effectively to meet agreed timescales having considered and planned the project activities.

- Research emerging technical and regulatory trends.

- Debugging software, using various testing methodologies, and identifying performance bottlenecks.

- Understanding low-level hardware architecture, software optimization, memory management, and real-time processing.

Essential Knowledge :

- Proficiency in programming languages such as C assembly language.

- Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and real-time programming techniques.

- Object Orientated Design and Structured Analysis and Design.

- Change and Configuration Management tools.

- A strong understanding of embedded hardware, microcontrollers, and processors.

- Engineering mathematics and modelling (for analogue measurement systems).

- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and development pipelines.

- Thorough knowledge of MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Desirable Knowledge :

- Knowledge of communication protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, or Ethernet.

- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and tools like Jira.

- Understanding of power management techniques for low-power embedded systems.

- Knowledge of MV distribution systems and switchgear.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex technical challenges.

Qualifications :

- You will have a good degree in a relevant subject (Software Engineering or equivalent), and a minimum of 3-5 years hands-on engineering experience.

Senior Software Engineers at Lucy Electric are innovative, flexible, methodical, patient, logical, enthusiastic, and open to new ideas.

They will work in teams and enjoy learning and share knowledge.

About Us :

Lucy Group Ltd is the parent company of all Lucy Group companies.

Since its origins in Oxford, UK, over 200 years ago, the Group has grown and diversified.

Today we employ in excess of 1,400 people worldwide, with operations in the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, India and East Africa.

Our Purpose : Improving peoples lives sustainable homes, smart lighting, intelligent power.

Our Values.

Lucy Electric is a global business that provides medium voltage switching and protection solutions for electrical distribution systems.

Our dedication to cultivating our service provision allows Lucy Electric to offer a complete solutions package to our customers; facilitating the delivery of electricity to homes and businesses worldwide.