Senior Software Engineer – Real-Time Systems Lead (Hybrid)

Oxford Instruments; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working setup

Share incentive plan

Half-days on Fridays

Defined contribution Pension Plan

Job summary

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology in Severn Beach, Bristol, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, development, delivery and continuous improvement of software across our product portfolio while remaining actively involved in hands‑on software development.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, review designs and collaborate with Engineering, Service, Product Management and Operations to deliver high-quality software for our world-class hardware.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computing, Physics or related field or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong skills in C#, C++ and C development for Windows-based real-time systems.
• Experience leading complex software projects and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of software for our products and systems.
• Take ownership of complex software projects from concept through delivery.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Review designs and implementations to ensure quality, security and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Service, Product Management and Operations to drive delivery.

Skills

C#

C++

C

Real-time systems

Windows apps

Mentoring

Leadership

DevOps practices

Education

Degree in Computing, Physics or related

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Job description

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology in Severn Beach, Bristol, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, development, delivery and continuous improvement of software across our product portfolio while remaining actively involved in hands‑on software development.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, review designs and collaborate with Engineering, Service, Product Management and Operations to deliver high-quality software for our world-class hardware.