SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

Morson Talent; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment agency is seeking a Software Engineer for a 6-month contract in Telford, Shropshire. The successful candidate will be involved in the design, development, and integration of equipment, requiring experience in the military or defense sector and the ability to obtain security clearance. Key skills include object-oriented programming and software lifecycle management, along with effective communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in military or defense industry is required.
• Ability to obtain security clearance at SC level minimum.
• Expertise in Agile development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions.
• Support the overall system design process.
• Validation of software and systems.
• Support task planning and estimating.
• Schedule own work to meet target timescales.
• Perform self-verification of own tasks.
• Undertake peer reviews.

Skills

Object oriented C+ or later development

Understanding of UML/SysML

Full software development lifecycle

Software verification and testing experience

Good communication skills

Tools

Visual Studio 2022

Git version control

CMake

Job description

SOFTWARE ENGINEERS CONTRACTS 6 MONTHS TELFORD Shropshire

Software Engineer Full Lifecycle design, development & integration of equipment at the system and sub-system levels. Within this role you will be exposed to several different vehicles and systems. There will be a mixture of new development, maintaining legacy applications and specifying requirements for externally developed equipment.

AT THE COAL FACE / TASKS/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement software solutions.
• Support the overall system design process to ensure optimal allocation of functionality between different physical parts of the system.
• Validation of software and systems, which may include producing test tools, the generation of test schedules, test and integration plans and technical reports.
• Provide support to task planning and estimating.
• Schedule own work to meet target timescales and deliverable milestones.
• Perform self-verification of own tasks to ensure completeness and quality of information.
• Undertake peer reviews to ensure completeness and quality of output.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / PROVEN ABILITY

• Object oriented C+ or later development with knowledge of design patterns.
• Understanding of UML/SysML.
• Full software development lifecycle.
• Software verification and testing experience.
• Good communication skills.

DESIRABLES

• Agile development.
• Exposure to some of the following languages: C, C#, Scripting Languages, Java
• Knowledge of integration and target hardware testing would be advantageous.
• Development with Data Distribution Service (DDS) or other Ethernet based communication.
• Windows/Linux Cross Platform Development.
• Visual Studio 2022.
• CMake or similar build environment.
• Windows/Linux system configuration.
• CANbus/MilCAN/J1939 knowledge.
• Git version control.
• Youtrack/Jira issue and task tracking.
• MariaDB/MySQL databases.
• Boost, XML, JSON and cryptography.
• Qt6 GUI Development.
• Developing unit tests using a framework such as GoogleTest.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION: WE SEEK SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO HAVE WORKED IN A MILITARY / DEFENCE ENVIRONMENT / INDUSTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR WHO ARE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING SECURITY CLEARANCE (SC LEVEL MINIMUM)