Autonomous Maritime Systems Engineer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Half day finish on Friday

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme up to 8%

Life Assurance 4x salary

Group income protection

Flexible opt-in extras

Employee Family Assistance Program

Professional membership reimbursement

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Portchester, UK, is seeking a Software Engineer (Maritime Autonomy) to design, develop and integrate software for autonomous vessels and maritime control systems. You’ll work across PLC interfaces, power and communication systems, and higher-level apps in a Linux-based environment.

The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, testing across lifecycle stages, and supporting harbour/sea trials, with about 5% travel. A UK security clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience developing and maintaining software solutions using C++.
• Experience working within Linux-based development and deployment environments.
• Experience integrating software with industrial control systems, operational technology platforms, or PLCs.
• Experience supporting software testing, verification, validation, and troubleshooting activities.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams across the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and maintain software solutions for industrial control and maritime systems.
• Develop and support interfaces between PLCs, power management, communication systems, and higher-level software.
• Perform software integration, verification, validation, troubleshooting, and system testing throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support laboratory integration, factory acceptance testing, harbour trials, sea trials, commissioning, and customer acceptance activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support IRAD initiatives, technology demonstrations, and BID activities through prototyping and PoC development.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, integration procedures, test specifications, and engineering records.
• Investigate and resolve software, interface, and system-level issues identified during development and support activities.
• Travel to customer and company sites as required (approx. 5%).

Skills

C++

Linux

Industrial control

PLCs interfaces

Software testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering / CS / EE

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Portchester, UK, is seeking a Software Engineer (Maritime Autonomy) to design, develop and integrate software for autonomous vessels and maritime control systems. You’ll work across PLC interfaces, power and communication systems, and higher-level apps in a Linux-based environment.

The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, testing across lifecycle stages, and supporting harbour/sea trials, with about 5% travel. A UK security clearance may be required.