Embedded Software Engineer – DO-178C/SIL4 (Onsite, Stevenage)

Akkodis; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Modis is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for a long-term contract based in Stevenage. The role is on-site with a 4-day compressed week potentially available.

Applicants must be eligible to achieve UK Eyes Only security clearance. You will develop bare-metal embedded software in C/C++ for high-safety environments and contribute to requirements capture, design, and verification activities across the software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Ability to debug complex problems and produce required documentation to achieve the required safety level.
• Authoring Specifications through the full lifecycle: planning, design and test documents.
• Requirements Analysis Experience
• Knowledge of Source Configuration Control Processes (e.g., PVCS, RTC, GIT)
• Working with minimal supervision.
• Experience of working with formal requirements capture tool.
• Significant previous experience of developing bare-metal embedded software using C/C++.
• Previous experience of development and verification of embedded software written in C and developed at a high safety integrity level (SIL4 / DO178C Level B or equivalent)
• Specification creation and compliance recording in DOORS.
• Working knowledge of C/C++ for testing special builds and focussed code reviews
• Unit Testing using LDRA, RAPITA or CPP Unit or an equivalent testing tool.
• Understanding of Code Coverage and techniques/strategies used to cover/justify shortfall
• Working in a lab environment with live equipment (PSUs, Scopes, Logic Analysers etc.) conducting system tests.

Skills

Debug complex problems

Documentation for safety

Lifecycle specification

Requirements analysis

Autonomy

Formal requirements capture

Bare-metal C/C++

Unit testing approach

Lab testing with live equipment

Tools

PVCS

RTC

GIT

DOORS

LDRA

RAPITA

CPP Unit

ALM

VMWare

Job description

Modis is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for a long-term contract based in Stevenage. The role is on-site with a 4-day compressed week potentially available.

Applicants must be eligible to achieve UK Eyes Only security clearance. You will develop bare-metal embedded software in C/C++ for high-safety environments and contribute to requirements capture, design, and verification activities across the software lifecycle.