Senior Embedded Software Engineer

I’m based in the UK office in Bournemouth. We develop and support software features for the Ride ‘Software Module’ and supporting tools. We are also involved in the Gyro development and the Engineering Data Logger.

I’ve always worked on embedded software development, initially in automotive as well as transportation and industrial software.

January 2024

Initially I was working remotely. We now have a fully-fledged UK office, with two new UK colleagues and a growing variety of new projects to work on.

I found the trip to Fort Myers interesting – to see ‘Ride’ in action is amazing! We constantly have interesting problems to solve in software, developing features and trying to predict what the end user may do with them!

The first task I was given was to add a CAN datalogger to the ‘Software Module’. It captures CAN data (CAN stands for Controller Area Network, it’s an automotive bus known for its robustness and resilience) continuously as well as saving specific events (such as faults) which can be analyzed with PC tools. This feature proved so useful its scope was extended to capture ‘Sea trial’ data.

The product, the team, the environment.

We’re currently updating our tools and technology. The nature of software development means that we are always in a state of flux, which is both interesting and challenging.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions, everyone is very helpful and supportive.

My boss, James Attewell. He’s incredibly busy but always makes time to help and support.

I don’t. If I did, it’d be ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again’. You learn a lot from your mistakes.

I own a three-legged dog called Boo.