Senior Software Engineers (C#)

General Dynamics UK; Oakdale; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work on Research and Development projects in tactical communication. This role involves designing, implementing, and testing software subsystems. Candidates must have strong Windows development experience and C# skills, with familiarity in containerisation. Salary ranges from £45,600 to £60,000 plus benefits, with hybrid working options. Join an inclusive team that values diverse backgrounds and skills.

Benefits

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Personalized career development plan

Flexible working environment with recognized contributions

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Windows Operating System architecture and security features.
• Recent experience developing software applications or components within a software team.
• Familiarity with containerisation and virtualisation.

Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements, design, implement and test software components.
• Work with System Engineering to ensure software design meets various considerations.
• Capture software design and modelling, investigate and debug issues.
• Document specification and interface changes, supporting product testing.
• Drive best practice and continuous improvement in software processes.

Skills

Microsoft Windows Platform development

C# (including WPF and .Net)

Containerisation and virtualisation strategies

Full development lifecycle

Job description

Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

Job Description

These roles are for Senior Software Engineer to work primarily on Research and Development projects in the tactical communication domain. This role will entail requirements elicitation, design, peer reviews, implementation, test and delivery for projects of differing maturity levels from prototypes to production quality.

This role requires working collaboratively with other engineers from several functions that are developing and maintaining the currently deployed system. In addition to Research and Development projects this role occasionally requires developing and supporting the underlying product software.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Analyse requirements, design, implement and test software subsystem components, validating designs against requirements and assumptions.
• Work proactively with System Engineering and specialist areas to ensure software design and implementation meet requirements, including security, safety, and human factors considerations.
• Capture software design and modelling using OO MBSE, and investigate and debug software integration issues on target hardware and software environments.
• Identify and document specification and interface changes, supporting product and integration testing, including on-site customer demonstrations when required.
• Drive best practice and continuous improvement in software development processes.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Strong Microsoft Windows Platform development experience including a good understanding of Windows Operating System architecture, development frameworks, services, and security features.
• Recent experience developing C# (including WPF and .Net) software applications or Windows components and services within a software team, with Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft frameworks and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with / experience of containerisation and virtualisation strategies and their applications; preferably with hands on experience.
• Experience of full development lifecycle

Additional Information

Salary for this position is £45,600 to £60,000 depending on experience plus our excellent flexible benefits package.

We offer hybrid working - for this role ideally we are looking for an average of 2 days per week per month on site.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits :

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Please email if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful / appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.