Software Engineer - Naval Systems
* Plymouth (Hybrid)
* £40,000 - £50,000 + excellent bens
An exciting opportunity as a Software Engineer for Naval Systems in an established, expanding electro-optics specialist organisation with a global footprint. We are a leading design & manufacturing business, with several sites across the UK. Our product range delivers capability to the Naval, Land and Security sectors with cutting-edge technology and services, ensuring innovation is at the heart of everything we do.
Key Responsibilities: Software Engineer - Naval Systems
* Development of software applications from concept design, requirements definition, detailed design, and coding
* Working with Systems, Mechanical/Electrical and Electronics engineers as part of a team to ensure project success
* Maintaining oversight of all software requirements and issues for a project
* Develop robust software with particular attention to fault management, fault reporting and health status of applications
* Produce, maintain related supporting documentations (interface control documentation, input to user manuals, fault code lists and actions)
* Work with customers to assist integration, commissioning, and problem resolution activities, sometimes on-site
* Understand the customer’s technical needs and concept of operations and feed this into wider project requirements
* Work with the Project Manager, Technical Authority and Quality team as required to identify risks, issues, solutions, and opportunities
* Ensure significant developments and actions are communicated to relevant personnel in the engineering team, and providing technical input to the project manager to allow them to generate and maintain the project plan and monthly project review packs
Skills & Experience: Software Engineer - Naval Systems
Essential
* Strong degree in a related discipline
* Experience of embedded software design and good general appreciation of associated hardware
* Experience of developing user interfaces
Desirable
Embedded software/firmware:
* Extensive experience of writing C/C++ for embedded applications
* Experience of VxWorks
* Serial communications: Ethernet, RS-232/RS-422/UART
* Use of source control, particularly SVN and GIT
* Use of Jira and Confluence for software requirements and task capture
* Experience of using unit testing tools and technologies
* Static code analysis
Windows/User interfaces:
* Visual Studio C/C++ and C#
* Low latency programming techniques
* Networking (TCP/UDP)