SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

SOFTWARE ENGINEERS – CONTRACTS 6 MONTHS – TELFORD Shropshire

Software Engineer Full Lifecycle design, development & integration of equipment at the system and sub-system levels. Within this role you will be exposed to several different vehicles and systems. There will be a mixture of new development, maintaining legacy applications and specifying requirements for externally developed equipment.

AT THE COAL FACE / TASKS/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement software solutions.
• Support the overall system design process to ensure optimal allocation of functionality between different physical parts of the system.
• Validation of software and systems, which may include producing test tools, the generation of test schedules, test and integration plans and technical reports.
• Provide support to task planning and estimating.
• Schedule own work to meet target timescales and deliverable milestones.
• Perform self-verification of own tasks to ensure completeness and quality of information.
• Undertake peer reviews to ensure completeness and quality of output.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / PROVEN ABILITY

• Object oriented C++17 or later development with knowledge of design patterns.
• Understanding of UML/SysML.
• Full software development lifecycle.
• Software verification and testing experience.
• Good communication skills.

DESIRABLES

• Agile development.
• Exposure to some of the following languages: C, C#, Scripting Languages, Java
• Knowledge of integration and target hardware testing would be advantageous.
• Development with Data Distribution Service (DDS) or other Ethernet based communication.
• Windows/Linux Cross Platform Development.
• Visual Studio 2022.
• CMake or similar build environment.
• Windows/Linux system configuration.
• CANbus/MilCAN/J1939 knowledge.
• Git version control.
• Youtrack/Jira issue and task tracking.
• MariaDB/MySQL databases.
• Boost, XML, JSON and cryptography.
• Qt6 GUI Development.
• Developing unit tests using a framework such as GoogleTest.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION: WE SEEK SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO HAVE WORKED IN A MILITARY / DEFENCE ENVIRONMENT / INDUSTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR WHO ARE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING SECURITY CLEARANCE (SC LEVEL MINIMUM)