Graduate Software Engineer

targetjobs UK; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Two weeks holiday bonus (holiday pay)

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme (defined contribution)

Employee stock purchase plan

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Career development & learning

Job summary

Motorola Solutions UK Limited is seeking a Software Engineer (New Grad) to join the Guardian Mobile team in Glasgow. You will contribute to building mobile solutions and gateway servers for UK Fire Service customers, with a focus on modernising the product stack and maintaining legacy Delphi-based components.

The role is hybrid, combining office-based collaboration in the Glasgow area with work-from-home days, reporting to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering and coordinating with the UK

Qualifications

• A relevant university qualification such as a BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Must be able to attain NPPV3 clearance and be a UK resident for 5+ years.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality software within a team of around 10 engineers.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to deliver mobile solutions for UK Fire Service customers.
• Engage in modernisation efforts, creating new Android/iOS apps while supporting existing applications.

Skills

Strong communication

UK residency 5+ years

BSc Computing Science

Education

BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Objective-C

React Native

HTML

CSS

React

WinUI/WPF

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. Safety is the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.

As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and CommandCentral software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.

At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.

The Guardian Mobile team sits within Motorola Solutions' International Mobile Applications organisation and serves frontline requirements for UK Fire officers - across mobile platforms such as Windows MDTs, Android and iOS.

Job Description

This role is hybrid, consisting of work from our offices and home, with home-working permitted most of the time and offices being used for meetings and team days. You will ideally be based in and around our Glasgow office.

The Guardian Mobile solution is responsible for creating mobile solutions and mobile gateway servers for our UK Fire Service customers. Our core solution has been developed over the past 20 years, primarily as a DELPHI-based Windows Client for Panasonic Toughpads and as a DELPHI-based gateway server which connects to third-party Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems and other third-party systems.

We are entering a period of modernisation to our product stack and wish to ensure that we maintain support for our existing products and customers while continuing to innovate, refine and modernise our offerings. This includes the creation of new Android/iOS based applications while ensuring longevity for our existing applications.

The “Software Engineer” role will be responsible for working within a team of approximately 10 software engineers who design, develop and release these software solutions for our UK Fire Service customers. The post holder will be responsible for developing high quality, high performing software at a high velocity in accordance with the direction set by the Senior Manager of Software Engineering, working closely with our Product Manager for our UK Fire Mobile product.

Required

Basic Requirements

• A relevant university qualification such as a BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Must be able to attain Non-Police-Personnel-Vetting Level 3 (NPPV3). You must be a resident of the UK for a minimum of 5 years to obtain this clearance.

Desirable

• Previous experience of architecting and developing mobile smartphone applications (such as Android and iOS) using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Objective C, or React Native.
• Previous experience of developing web applications using HTML, CSS, React, etc.
• Previous experience of architecting and developing .net/Windows applications, with experience of Windows UI frameworks (e.g. WPF, WinUI, etc.)
• Previous experience architecting and developing server/gateway applications and client/server model communications.
• Previous working experience in an Agile environment (Scrum).

Nice To Have

• Previous experience of developing solutions for emergency services agencies.
• Previous experience working with DELPHI.

In Return For Your Expertise, We’ll Support You In This New Challenge With Coaching And Development Every Step Of The Way. Also, To Reward Your Hard Work You’ll Get

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide-ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount scheme.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

New Grad

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.