Embedded Software Test Engineer

Thales Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the defense and security sector is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Crawley office. The ideal candidate will work on innovative secure communications products, leading design and implementation of low-level embedded software. This role offers opportunities to grow within a dynamic team while contributing to critical projects aimed at enhancing security and innovation. Enjoy a flexible work environment that supports personal ambitions and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software design, implementation, and unit testing for embedded software.
• Experience in C++ and C, with knowledge of RTOS/OS.
• Self-motivated with exposure to Agile and Continuous Integration.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and ownership for software design.
• Write high integrity software in C++/C adhering to specifications.
• Interact with the product design team and support junior engineers.

Skills

Software Design

Unit Testing

Real-Time Systems

Agile Methodology

Tools

Visual Studio

GIT

Jira

Jenkins

FreeRTOS

Job description

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thales have an exciting opportunity and are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Software Engineer with an interest in high integrity, low-level embedded engineering to join our growing software community across at our Crawley site.

Working as part of a growing and diverse team, you will work across a diverse product portfolio of secure communications products and fulfil an integral software engineering role, involved in many aspects of software development across the full software life cycle.

You will have experience developing low-level software on encryption devices targeted at the highest levels of assurance. You should have experience of a variety communication protocols – specifically IP.

You should have working knowledge of Fast IP Lookup (FIPL) trees and their integration into software and firmware bases. A good knowledge of the interrupt structure of real-time operating systems (such as QNX).

Knowledge of the design, implementation and test at the highest integrity levels of:

• dual-redundant failure detection systems and firmware builds.
• IP routing protocols.
• drivers that interface with target hardware and firmware driven devices.
• inter-process communication drivers interfacing with target hardware.

This role is open to UK Nationals holding a full uncaveated SC or DV.

Responsibilities

You will:

• Interact with the senior product design and implementation team
• Provide technical leadership and ownership for aspects of the software design allocated
• Write high integrity software in languages such as C++/C that follows software design and interface control descriptions/specifications and adheres to the software architectures often written in UML
• Update requirement/Use Case and design documentation to capture design and record design decisions
• Write unit tests to exercise the software written and where appropriate automate these tests in line with the project/business strategy and Continuous Integration process
• Correct code to adhere to static analysis rules
• Proactively be part of an Agile Scrum team and attend and contribute to Agile meetings, maintaining and progressing own backlog items in Jira, in-line with personal and team commitments made in sprint planning sessions
• Provide coaching and technical support to junior engineers
• Support peer reviews of others work and generation of materials for major gate reviews for their own work

Requirements

We would love to hear from you if:

• You are a self-motivated software professional with strong experience in software design, implementation and unit testing preferably for real-time and embedded software systems.
• Experience successfully developing certified product in accordance with HGES or its predecessors
• Experience in developing with languages such as C++ and C
• Experience of working with RTOS/OS, e.g. FreeRTOS
• Static analysis tool experience (e.g. Klockwork or Coverity)
• Experience in one or more of the following: Visual Studio, DOORS, TAU, GIT, Jira and Jenkins
• Experience working within a software team in an Agile environment with exposure to Continuous Integration and desirably Continuous Deployment.

This would be an excellent opportunity for an individual with aspirations to develop technically with routes to Thales specialist and expert roles.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!