Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Stevenage, UK

Contract: 6 months

Rate: £53.51/hour PAYE (£61.29/hour incl. holiday) or £70/hour Umbrella

We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.

Overview:

Hands-on role developing safety-critical embedded software for next-generation missile systems, covering the full software lifecycle from requirements and design to implementation, testing, and verification.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and verify embedded real-time software.
• Produce and maintain specifications, design, and test documentation.
• Debug complex issues and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Work in a lab environment with live hardware and cross-disciplinary teams.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong C/C++ and bare-metal embedded development experience.
• Knowledge of requirements tools (e.g., DOORS) and configuration management (e.g., Git, RTC).
• Unit testing experience with LDRA, RAPITA, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with high-integrity software standards (DO178C Level B, SIL-4).

Desirable:

• Experience with defence standards, microcontrollers, hardware testing, and virtual environments.
• Familiarity with RAPITA, Ansys SCADE, or ALM tools (JIRA, IBM EWM).