Embedded Software Engineer

Vantage Consulting Ltd; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading radar technology firm in Southend-on-Sea seeks an Embedded Software Engineer to design and develop software for radar systems. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software development experience and a strong understanding of object-oriented design. If you're innovative and love working with cutting-edge technologies, we want to hear from you. The role offers a permanent, full-time position with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Experience in the development of security/defence command & control (C2) software.
• Knowledge and experience of effective UI design & UX best practice.
• Good understanding of real-time software design & development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software for radar systems.
• Improve and enhance users' experiences.
• Contribute to the improvement of software engineering techniques within the business.

Skills

5+ years software development experience

Good understanding of object-oriented software design

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Creative & analytic problem-solving skills

Education

Software based degree or engineering/science degree with software bias

Tools

SQL databases

C++

Python

GIS (Geographic Information System)

Job description

The Opportunity

We are expanding our software engineering team to meet the requirements of a demanding and exciting product roadmap. We develop all the software required to use our range of radar products, from the radar's onboard processing software to the external command and control. To deliver the capabilities that our next generation radars require, we are undertaking a program of extensive software development.

The role involves the design and development of software across our radar systems, including external radar control systems and interfaces. We will also be developing interfaces to third party security & surveillance systems and bringing broad improvements to software capabilities & the user experience. The right candidate will bring some relevant software industry experience, be enthusiastic and professional, and interested in working on new technologies and techniques. If you want to work in a team of dedicated engineers of multiple disciplines, we look forward to hearing from you.

Key responsibilities

Design and develop software for radar systems.
Design and develop software to aid integration with third party surveillance & security systems.
Design and develop software to improve and enhance our users' experiences.
Contribute to the improvement of software engineering techniques within the business.Required Qualifications & skills

5+ years software development experience.
Good understanding and experience of object-oriented software design.
Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional team.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Creative & analytic problem-solving skills.
Effective at working directly with end customers & users.You should have some of the following

Software based degree, or an engineering/science degree with software bias.
Experience in the development of security/defence command & control (C2) software.
Experience of using and manipulating GIS (Geographic Information System) data.
Experience working with or knowledge of SQL databases.
Knowledge and experience of effective UI design & UX best practice.
Good understanding of real-time software design & development.
Experience with embedded Linux and embedded software development.
Experience with machine learning software techniques and classification methodologies.
Experience and understanding of C++.
Experience with Python or another software scripting language.
Mathematical and statistical analysis skills

Job Info

Job Title:

Embedded Software Engineer

Company:

Vantage Consulting Ltd

Location:

Posted:

Aug 11th 2025

Closes:

Sep 11th 2025

Sector:

Electronics

Contract:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

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