Software Engineers

Morson Edge; Basingstoke and Deane; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company is seeking a Software Engineer for a 12-month contract, offering a hybrid working model. The role involves full lifecycle design, development, and integration of various systems. Key responsibilities include designing software solutions, validating systems, and supporting task planning. Candidates should have experience with C++17 development and possess good communication skills. Experience in the military or defence industry is crucial, and the ability to obtain security clearance is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in Object oriented C++17 or later development.
• Capability of obtaining security clearance (SC level minimum).
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions.
• Support the overall system design process.
• Validation of software and systems, including test tools.

Skills

Object oriented C++17 or later development

Good communication skills

Software verification and testing experience

Tools

Visual Studio 2022

Git

CMake

Job description

Overview

SOFTWARE ENGINEERS - CONTRACTS 12 MONTHS - HYBRID TELFORD Shropshire

Hybrid working typically, 2 days on site, 3 days from home but this can fluctuate depending on business needs.

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.

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++17 or later development with knowledge of design patterns.
• Understanding of UML/SysML.
• Full software development lifecycle.
• Software verification and testing experience.
• Good communication skills.

Desirable

• Agile development.
• 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.

Security / Additional Information

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)