Embedded Engineer

Climate for growth

It is Priva's mission to create an optimal environment where people can work, grow and develop. We offer global solutions for horticulture and building automation.

Our ambition remains the key player driving innovation in greenhouse technology, contributing to food security, sustainability and generally making the world a better place. We are proud that our solutions result in lower consumption of natural resources and contribute to several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

To fulfill our mission and ambition, we are looking for dedicated colleagues.

Your future ecosystem

Between Rotterdam and The Hague, you find the greenhouse capital of the world: “Het Westland”, where our campus is in The Lier. A region that greatly contributes to The Netherlands as food exporter number 2 worldwide, right after the US.

In these 100 square kilometers, Priva was founded in the fifties. An innovative second-generation owned family business. Today we are a high-tech company that develops hardware, software and digital services in the field of climate control, energy-saving and optimal reuse of water. We do this for horticulture, indoor and city farming, as well as utility buildings such as offices, retail, hotels and hospitals.

We are proud that we are working with 500 colleagues, in 15 international branch offices divided over 12 countries together with over 400 international installation partners to deliver our sustainable solutions and services in more than 100 countries.

Our team is making our embedded control platform for the high-tech Horticulture market. We are focused on reliability, scaling and performance while integration protocols like MQTT, Modbus, BACnet and others. Integrating with smart devices that help operate a high tech greenhouse.

How you add value

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining the embedded software that powers our horticulture solutions. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Scrum team, you will contribute to the implementation of scalable, reliable, and high-quality software running on our embedded Linux platform.

You will be actively involved throughout the development lifecycle, from refining requirements and designing technical solutions to implementing, testing, and maintaining software. With your strong technical background, you will contribute to architectural discussions, help solve complex technical challenges, and continuously improve the quality and maintainability of our codebase.

By maintaining a broad overview of the system, you can anticipate potential challenges, collaborate closely with your teammates, Product Owner, and other disciplines, and help deliver robust solutions that meet both customer and business needs.

You will also work closely with hardware engineers, QA engineers, and other software developers to ensure seamless integration between hardware and software, while contributing to continuous improvements in our development processes and engineering practices.

Who you are

We are looking for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and developing high-quality software in a collaborative environment. Furthermore, we will read your resume to find:

·         At least 5 years of experience in embedded C++ (C++17 preferred) development on Linux; 

·         Good understanding of object-oriented design and design patterns, following modern C++ best practices (RAII, SOLID principles, clean code, modular architecture, etc.); 

·         Experience with developing multithreaded embedded environments, with a focus on writing highly efficient, robust, and maintainable code; 

·         Experience with serial communication protocols; 

·         Experience with MQTT and/or other networking protocols; 

·         Affinity for working with hardware; 

·         Agile / Scrum experience is an advantage; 

·         Encryption and certificates (openssl, pgp, certificate distribution)

·         Experience with Yocto, GitHub, and unit testing (for example, using GoogleTest) is an advantage; 

·         Experience using testing frameworks such as Robot Framework is a plus.

·         Strong command of the English language.

What you get

In numbers:

·         A gross salary based on your experience in the range of € 3.600,- and € 4.800,- based on 40 hours a week;

·         We find a healthy work-life balance important: working flexible hours combined with 30 vacation days a year and the option to buy more;

·         8% holiday allowance;

·         Travel allowance of € 0,23/km with a daily maximum of 150 kilometers.

For your own sustainability:

·         Join our collective health insurance;

·         Be secured with our pension plan;

·         Feel engaged and join our participation plan;

·         Keep on learning with your personal education possibilities and budget;

·         Be happy and fit by using our healthy cafeteria, our free on-premises fitness where you can participate in CrossFit, Pilates and Spinning classes or play table tennis or table football.

Does all of this make you smile? Feel free to apply below or contact us for further information. We are keen to tell you more about us, our vision and future.