Software Engineer

Blighter Surveillance Systems; Great Chesterford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Blighter Surveillance Systems, based in Great Chesterford, is seeking a skilled software developer to design and develop radar software. This role involves integrating systems and enhancing user experiences while collaborating with a dedicated engineering team.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, excellent communication skills, and a degree in software or an engineering/science field. Join us to work on innovative solutions in the radar technology domain.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software development experience.
• Good understanding of object-oriented software design.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective at working directly with end customers & users.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software for Blighter’s radar systems.
• Design software for third party surveillance integration.
• Improve user experiences through software enhancements.
• Contribute to improving engineering techniques.

Skills

Object-oriented software design

Creative problem-solving

Effective communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Software based degree or engineering/science degree

Tools

C++

Python

SQL databases

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Job description

We are expanding our software engineering team to meet the requirements of a demanding and exciting product roadmap.

The Opportunity

We are expanding our software engineering team to meet the requirements of a demanding and exciting product roadmap. At Blighter, we develop all the software required to use our range of radar products, from the radar’s onboard processing software to the external command and control. To deliver the capabilities that our next generation radars require, we are undertaking a program of extensive software development.

The role involves the design and development of software across our radar systems, including external radar control systems and interfaces. We will also be developing interfaces to third party security & surveillance systems and bringing broad improvements to software capabilities & the user experience. The right candidate will bring some relevant software industry experience, be enthusiastic and professional, and interested in working on new technologies and techniques. If you want to work in a team of dedicated engineers of multiple disciplines, we look forward to hearing from you.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop software for Blighter’s radar systems.
• Design and develop software to aid integration with third party surveillance & security systems.
• Design and develop software to improve and enhance our users’ experiences.
• Contribute to the improvement of software engineering techniques within the business.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years software development experience.
• Good understanding and experience of object-oriented software design.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Creative & analytic problem-solving skills.
• Effective at working directly with end customers & users.

You will have some of the following

• Software based degree, or an engineering/science degree with software bias.
• Experience in the development of security/defence command & control (C2) software.
• Experience of using and manipulating GIS (Geographic Information System) data.
• Experience working with or knowledge of SQL databases.
• Knowledge and experience of effective UI design & UX best practice.
• Good understanding of real-time software design & development.
• Experience with embedded Linux and embedded software development.
• Experience with machine learning software techniques and classification methodologies.
• Experience and understanding of C++.
• Experience with Python or another software scripting language.
• Mathematical and statistical analysis skills.