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About The Role
You will
- Define and maintain the global technical security architecture strategy, standards and technology roadmap.
- Act as the technical authority for security infrastructure, networks, cloud platforms, integrations and engineered security solutions.
- Ensure technical security solutions are secure by design, resilient, scalable and aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
- Identify emerging technologies and innovation opportunities which support Dyson's future security requirements.
- Lead the development and maintenance of technical standards, engineering practices and design principles.
Engineering & Architecture Management
- Provide leadership and direction to the Technical Security Engineering, Network and Integrations teams.
- Oversee delivery of engineering support, maintenance, commissioning and technical lifecycle activities across the global security estate.
- Ensure engineering resources are effectively prioritised and deployed against operational and project requirements.
- Own technical governance for system design, architecture reviews, commissioning and acceptance processes.
- Drive consistency of delivery, documentation and quality standards across all technical security disciplines.
Operational Resilience & Service Assurance
- Accountable for the availability, resilience and technical performance of security technology platforms.
- Oversee major incident management, fault diagnosis, root-cause analysis and corrective action plans.
- Ensure robust monitoring, backup, recovery and business continuity arrangements exist across the technical security environment.
- Maintain oversight of system lifecycle planning, technology refresh programmes and obsolescence management.
- Establish performance metrics and service standards for technical security systems and support functions.
People Leadership
- Lead, develop and coach a multi-disciplinary team of architects, network specialists, integration specialists and engineers.
- Build organisational resilience through succession planning, capability development, cross-skilling and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Remove dependency on individual subject matter experts by implementing standardised processes, documentation and support models.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder & Supplier Management
- Build effective partnerships with IT, Cyber Security, Digital, Estates, Facilities and Property teams.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to security project teams and business stakeholders.
- Manage relationships with key technology suppliers, system manufacturers and strategic partners.
- Ensure supplier performance supports Dyson's technical, operational and security requirements.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure all technical security solutions comply with relevant security standards, policies and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain technical documentation, architectural artefacts and support processes.
- Support cyber security assurance activities, vulnerability assessments and penetration testing programmes.
- Ensure effective financial governance and budget management across the architecture and engineering functions.
About You
- Significant experience leading technical engineering, architecture or infrastructure teams within a complex global environment.
- Experience managing enterprise-scale security technology platforms.
- Strong knowledge of networking, systems integration, cloud technologies and physical security systems.
- Experience developing technical strategies, standards and architecture roadmaps.
- Experience leading technical incident management and service improvement activities.
- Experience managing third-party technology suppliers and service partners.
- Experience building high-performing technical teams and developing specialist talent.
- Experience operating within structured governance and change-management frameworks.
- Strategic technical leadership.
- Enterprise architecture and systems thinking.
- Strong people leadership and organisational development skills.
- Advanced stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong knowledge of security technology ecosystems, including access control, video management, intrusion detection, networking, cloud infrastructure and integrations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
About Us
The Electronic Systems Research Team is responsible for inventing and developing many of the key technologies that enable Dyson’s innovative new products. Our team is global operating across the UK and Singapore, working on both established and emerging Dyson product categories. Our team creates the electronics hardware and software that powers Dyson’s hair dryers and stylers, battery powered stick vacuum cleaners and Dyson’s Hyperdymium™ Digital Motors. The team uses technology to solve problems that others ignore. Our UK team of creative engineers is growing, and we want to hear from you if you are interested in joining us to bring pioneering technologies from concept to reality in innovative consumer products, and build technology demonstrations and proof of concept product prototypes.
The team cover a diverse range of research topics including power electronics, sensor technology, machine learning, embedded systems and embedded software. We work closely with internal Dyson teams, external research institutions and suppliers to consider all aspects of complex products including thermal design, optics, electromagnetics, aero-acoustics, mechanical design, microbiology and compliance. We are looking for inquisitive engineers who can take ownership of technical challenges and drive solutions through to completion to develop the electronic systems for the next generation of Dyson products.
About the Role
We are looking for an Associate Principal Power Electronics Software Engineer to join the Power Electronics discipline of our Research team, based in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, U.K.
The Associate Principal role means being a technical leader in efficient Embedded-C software in at least one field of power electronics such as motor control, power conversion, battery management, etc.
You will be working within a team of multidisciplinary engineers taking new ideas to a prototype level prior to transfer to our development teams.
The role will involve:
- Developing Bare-Metal Embedded-C software for power electronic systems including motor drives, battery management systems, chargers, heater control systems and other power conversion architectures.
- Creating and reviewing resource-efficient Embedded-C software on microcontrollers. Utilising the MCU peripherals to minimise processor overhead and minimise memory size for the best cost-optimised solution.
- Writing custom hardware abstraction layer libraries for microcontrollers.
- Leading one or more electronics software research projects.
- Researching emerging technologies through technical papers, patents and collaboration with external partners.
- Designing, simulating, building and testing demonstration rigs and prototype systems to assess the feasibility of new technologies and products.
- Coaching and mentoring to help develop capabilities in the team and drive towards more efficient, better quality and structured software.
- Managing and developing our internal embedded software development process and tools.
- Working with suppliers to help build business relationships to shape external microcontroller roadmaps for our business needs.
- Selecting and evaluating current and next-gen microcontrollers to optimise cost, size, efficiency and performance.
- Pursuing software optimisation opportunities to drive business value.
- Working with cross-functional teams to plan project activities and take responsibility for technical delivery of embedded software.
- Creating clear technical reports and presenting design concepts, test results and recommendations to stakeholders
- Identifying technical risks, proposing mitigation strategies and sharing lessons learnt to drive continuous self-improvement and team improvement.
About You
- Degree in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline, together with relevant experience in an electronics industry or research environment.
- Highly proficient in low-level / bare-metal embedded-C programming for low-cost ARM Cortex based microcontrollers is essential.
- Proficient in use of microcontroller peripherals such as analogue data acquisition for sampling high-speed signals and high-resolution timer counters is essential.
- Proficient in safe working in a laboratory environment to set up experiments testing and debugging software on mains voltage and high-speed motors, and making accurate electrical measurements.
- Experience programming in assembly or machine code is desirable.
- Experience and greater knowledge in at least one of the following fields is essential: motor drives, inverters, SMPS, heater control, chargers, USB power delivery, battery management systems or power transfer.
- Working knowledge of Python for general scripting.
- Experience of using MATLAB, Python or similar tools for simulation, data acquisition and analysis.
- Experience leading a software research or development project.
- Experience creating verification and validation plans and executing structured testing activities.
- Experience of agile working using Atlassian tools is desirable.
- Experience developing software to safety standards such as IEC 60730 or similar is desirable.
- Experience in RISC-V is desirable.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team. Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders from a wide range of technical disciplines.
Benefits
Financial
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounts on Dyson machines and retail discounts
- Free bus travel to and from campus (from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon)
Lifestyle
- 27 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Free on-site lunches, fruit, and hot drinks
- Free on-site sports centre, gym, hair salon, and lifestyle assistance (concierge)
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Ability to purchase additional holiday
Health
- Private medical insurance and dental insurance
- Employee assistance programme, digital GP, on-site physio and GP, prescription service, fertility treatment support
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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
