The Company
At Best.Energy our mission is to forge an environment that is more energy-efficient, more sustainable and more pleasing to work and live in. We do this by harnessing the power of our own class-leading energy metering and IoT devices, a cloud platform and data analysis.
Our growing R&D and product development teams include cloud and web engineers, embedded software engineers, electronics engineers, and product designers. Together we deliver technology to our internal operations team and to our partners who install them across the globe.
At Best.Energy you will have the opportunity to contribute to the most effective form of sustainability transformation: saving energy before it’s even used.
Role Description
The Embedded Software Engineer will join our team of engineers as they continue to develop innovative hardware and software products for the commercial energy monitoring and IoT markets. They will contribute to technical developments, ensuring the design and code meet requirements and are delivered on time.
The role will include the opportunity to guide our choice of technologies and shape how they are used over the coming years. As part of a growth industry there will be plenty of opportunities to innovate in both design and execution. We have our own cloud platform with which our devices must integrate tightly. Working within the co-development process will be a key part of this role.
The successful candidate will take a hands-on approach to software system design, development, and integrations with our customer embedded microelectronics. Their previous experience will enable them to work across all areas, avoid pitfalls and help the team to more great successes.
Responsibilities
- Work with our team of excellent engineers as they continue to develop our innovative products, ensuring the software running on our systems performs excellently.
- Apply a solid technical understanding to development problems in a team context.
- Help set realistic and achievable timescales for technical development work.
- Ensure that our solutions are technically fit for purpose.
- Contribute to our software and hardware design and implementation.
Qualities
- A positive attitude and enthusiasm for delivering results.
- Organised and proactive in spotting and averting problems before they arise.
- Excellent professional communication skills.
- Ability to work well with our other technical capabilities: cloud engineering, electronic design, support and service delivery.
- An ownership attitude to work with an eye on continual improvement.
Experience and Qualifications
- Experience working in a team of engineers in an agile environment.
- An in-depth knowledge of developing and deploying software on Linux systems coupled with knowledge of Linux in an embedded environment will be required.
- A good understanding of internet security is essential.
- Strong commercial experience developing in higher level languages such as Python and/or C/C++.
- Knowledge of embedded MCU-based systems, ideally IoT.
- Experience with long-range RF communications, ideally LoRa or related systems.
- As a bonus, understanding of commercial electrical systems including three-phase power supply and measurement.
What You'll Get - Life at Best.Energy
Life at Best.Energy is busy - make no mistake about that! We’re people on a mission (and a great one at that) and we all look after each other. We’re about to unveil our shiny new offices in Bristol which you’ll have the option of working in with our hybrid working approach. For now, the role will be 100% WFH until our new space is ready. Our benefits package needs a little TLC, we know that and it’s something we’re working on, but hopefully you’ll love the sound of us and want to know more.
- Hybrid working (100% WFH for now).
- Pension Scheme through NEST Pensions.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Monday-Friday, flexible hours.
We celebrate diversity and know that it’s critical for our success at Best.Energy. We’re working hard to make sure we’re inclusive. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and veterans. We encourage applications from all socio-economic backgrounds so if you’re brilliant at what you do then we want to hear from you.
If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, let us know. We’ll be happy to help.