Senior Software Engineer

Elekta; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company in Crawley is seeking a Control Systems Engineer to develop and maintain applications for its Radiotherapy Treatment System. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, experience in C/C++, and a structured approach to engineering. This role offers a hybrid work option and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance and paid vacation days.

Benefits

Up to 25 paid vacation days

Private Medical Insurance

Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite subsidized restaurant

Qualifications

• Experience in Embedded or Real Time Environments.
• Understanding of Agile software development.
• Knowledge of Control Systems.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, develop and maintain control systems.
• Participate in safety analysis and hazard mitigation.
• Develop a breadth of domain knowledge.

Skills

Fluent in English

Effective problem-solving

Communication skills

Structured engineering approach

Education

Degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

C/C++

CI/CD

Windows development

Job description

Overview

Are you a current Elekta employee? Please apply through our internal career site. We don’t just build technology. We build hope.

Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers – healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details!

Responsibilities

• Define, design, develop and maintain the control system and related applications for the Elekta Radiotherapy Treatment System (Linac).
• Development on a Real Time Operating System, to the performance requirements of the system.
• Debugging on real hardware when required working with electronics, mechanical and physics engineers.
• Maintaining and enhancing Software quality metrics including test coverage and code maintainability through code walkthroughs, testing at all level of the V model and attention to detail. Ensuring the code and the system is well tested and of sufficient quality to be ready for full solution testing.
• Ensure that all products are developed in accordance with the applicable published development process and documentation is created in line with this.
• Contribute as needed to enhance our CI/CD pipeline and test automation environments, enabling fast and effective delivery and deployment.
• Working as part of a scrum team to not only deliver your own tasks but assist others where priorities require it, or impediments exist.
• Participation in safety analysis, raising of safety issues and involvement in creation of traceable hazard mitigation.
• Defining requirements, applying architectural guidance and providing input into architectural definition.
• Develop a breadth of domain knowledge, with significant depth in at least one area.

The right stuff

• Fluent in English with strong communication skill.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Structured and professional approach to engineering.

What you bring

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement—your unique skills and experiences might be exactly what we\'re looking for !

• Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with C/C++.
• Embedded or Real Time Environments.
• Unit testing and Experience of CI/CD.
• Object Oriented design.
• Knowledge and understanding of software engineering disciplines, practices, and techniques.
• Understanding and experience of the overall SDLC for application development.
• Understanding and experience of Agile.
• Control Systems experience.
• Asynchronous programming and event driven systems using Message queues.
• Windows based development.

Advantageous

• SAFe methodologies.
• Previous experience of Medical Devices (or other regulated/safety critical areas).
• C#/.NET.
• Automated testing.

What you’ll get

In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits.

• Hybrid work option (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ at least 3 days/week)
• Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance
• Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining
• Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)

Hiring process

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the “Apply” button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail.

Your Elekta contact

For questions, please contact the Global Talent Acquisition Partner responsible, Sarah Elmasry, at [e-mail]. We do not accept applications through e-mail.

We are an equal opportunity employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.