Senior Electronic Embedded Engineer Gauteng

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:-

The Senior Electronic Embedded Engineer will design, develop, and integrate sophisticated electronic and embedded systems, focusing on both hardware and firmware components. The role requires expertise in embedded C/C++ programming, electronic circuit design, and system-level troubleshooting, along with strong collaboration and documentation skills to support the product development lifecycle.

Job Title: Senior Electronic Embedded Engineer Company: Network Recruitment

An intriguing opportunity exists for a highly accomplished Senior Electronic Embedded Engineer to join a cutting-edge engineering team committed to designing, developing and integrating sophisticated electronic and embedded systems.

The ideal candidate will be tasked with creating embedded hardware and firmware solutions, participating in all stages of the product development cycle, and ensuring that electronic systems meet rigorous performance, reliability, and quality benchmarks.

This role is perfect for an experienced engineer with robust electronic design skills, deep expertise in embedded software development, and a keen interest in tackling intricate engineering problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and integrate advanced embedded electronic systems, encompassing both hardware and firmware components. • Create, test and maintain embedded software for microcontrollers and other embedded platforms. • Engage in electronic circuit design, component selection, schematic capture and PCB design or review. • Develop firmware in C and/or C++ for embedded applications. • Collaborate with microcontrollers, processors, communication interfaces and peripheral devices. • Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, fault-finding and system-level troubleshooting. • Conduct verification, validation and testing to ensure product functionality, performance and reliability. • Integrate electronic hardware, embedded firmware, sensors and communication modules. • Analyse technical problems and implement effective engineering solutions. • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle. • Produce and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, test procedures and engineering reports. • Support prototype development, product optimization and the transition from development into production. • Identify opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, manufacturability and cost-effectiveness. • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers where required.

Minimum Requirements

• A BEng, BSc Eng or equivalent degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline. • Significant experience in electronic hardware design and embedded systems development. • Strong programming skills in embedded C and/or C++. • Experience working with microcontrollers, embedded processors and peripheral interfaces. • Solid understanding of electronic circuit design, digital electronics and analogue electronics. • Experience with hardware debugging, firmware development, integration and system testing. • Ability to interpret schematics, datasheets, technical specifications and engineering documentation. • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to work independently and contribute effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Advantageous Experience

• Proficiency in PCB design and electronic CAD tools. • Experience with ARM Cortex-M, STM32 or similar microcontroller platforms. • Knowledge of communication protocols such as SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB or Ethernet. • Experience with RTOS-based embedded systems. • Familiarity with hardware debugging tools, including oscilloscopes, logic analysers and debugging probes. • Experience with hardware-software integration, system verification and validation. • Knowledge of bootloaders, device drivers, low-level firmware and power management. • Experience with EMC/EMI considerations, electronic product compliance and environmental testing. • Exposure to industrial, mining, automotive, defence, aerospace or other technically demanding applications. • Experience taking electronic products from concept and prototyping through to production.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong expertise in electronic engineering and embedded systems. • Excellent C/C++ programming and firmware development skills. • Structured approach to design, debugging and technical problem-solving. • Ability to work across hardware and software boundaries. • Strong attention to detail and commitment to engineering quality. • Effective communication and collaboration skills. • Ability to manage multiple engineering tasks and meet project deadlines. • Initiative, accountability and a continuous-improvement mindset. • Ability to provide technical leadership and support the development of junior engineers.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced Electronic Engineer who blends strong hardware design knowledge with practical embedded firmware development experience. You should be adept at working throughout the entire embedded systems development lifecycle, from initial concept and circuit design through firmware development, integration, testing and product refinement. You will bring a hands-on engineering approach, sound technical judgement and the ability to develop reliable, high-performance electronic solutions for complex real-world applications.