Software Engineer

Location: Stevenage

Duration: 6 months

The successful candidate will be part of a team who are responsible for developing software facilitating testing across the whole of the UK product portfolio. This team is a multi-disciplined dynamic, focused and agile team of about 100 engineers specialising in all aspects of Test Solution design, including hardware, software and embedded real-time systems. In this role you will be working with a wide range of teams across the company to deliver test software capability.

In this role you will be:

• Designing and producing software solutions to test world leading complex products;
• Working with a wide range of teams to deliver test software capability;
• Facilitating the testing of products from early concept to production.

Proven Ability / Key Skills

• Previous software engineering proven ability in the development of test solutions is desirable. Will also consider someone with solid software engineering ability and a keen interest in test solutions
• Strong ability to write software in C / C++; proven ability with C# and scripting languages would be an advantage to the future strategy
• Proactive and able to take ownership of the software development
• Great communication skills with a strong motivation for collaboration
• Knowledge of electronics measurement techniques using equipment such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers
• Ability using software configuration management tools and techniques
• Understanding of communications and serial interfaces such as RS422, RS485, Modbus, CAN and 155
• Proven ability of developing real time software is an advantage

Additional

Due to the sensitive nature of the product all applicants must have worked within the Defence / Military industry within the last 12 months or be capable of obtaining Security Clearance (SC level minimum).