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Overview:

The Software Engineer will support the software development lifecycle consisting of requirements analysis, design, implementation, test and verification in order to deliver software components into projects and products and supports the deployment and maintenance of software components.

Scope

Define, design, develop, document and test embedded and/or application software as part of a software engineering team of 5-20 engineers, delivering multiple concurrent research, development and production programmes ranging from tens of £k to several £m.

Main responsibilities:

Current:
Implement software under the direction of the project's software lead and engineering software lead.
SFIA Programming / software development: Level 2
Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors simple programs/scripts.
Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result.
Reviews own work
Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual to ensure compliance with Government regulations.
Developing into:
Specify requirements, design, implement and test embedded software and/ or application software in accordance with the project software development process to ensure high quality and timely software deliverables.
Apply object-oriented design techniques to enable code re-use and integration with testing frameworks
Review and understand system design artefacts to enable the derivation of software requirements and architecture that meet the high-level system requirements.
Design, document, review and maintain the software design using modelling tools such as RSA and EA, ensuring model can be used for accurate code generation as required.
Develop and maintain knowledge of best practice development processes, language standards and tools, e.g. TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, DevSecOps, static and run-time analysis tools, C#/C++/Python/C standards and secure software development.
Estimate time and effort required for software activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
Contribute to the Software Community of Practice by proposing improvements in tools, processes and techniques that support quality and innovation and make the software development more efficient and effective.
Actively contribute to defined aspects of the project to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule and cost.
SFIA Programming / software development: Level 3
Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors moderately complex programs/scripts.
Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result.
Monitors and reports on progress. Identifies issues related to software development activities. Proposes practical solutions to resolve issues.
Collaborates in reviews of work with others as appropriate

Experience needed:

Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc.
Experience of at least one of the following;
Embedded product development (including bare-metal and RTOSes such as ThreadX, QNX or Linux)
Embedded Linux application, kernel and/or driver development.
C and C++
Experience of Python
Experience of C#, JavaScript, node.js
Experience of Rust
Experience of Object-Oriented Design and Design Patterns
Experience of software testing and design for test
Experience of using version control, continuous integration and automated test tools and frameworks

Desirable:

Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous.
Experience of best practice software development processes/lifecycles
Exposure to defensive coding techniques and standards such as MISRA
Knowledge of software engineering practices, methodologies, processes, techniques and technology trends
Experience of DOORS, RSA, Enterprise Architect, UML and SysML