Senior Software Engineer
Location: Stevenage | Hybrid, typically 3-5 days onsite per week
Salary: £40,000-£60,000 depending on experience
***Please note for this role, successful applications will be required to hold either British Citizen or Dual Nationality with British citizenship.***
A leading defence engineering business is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to develop test equipment software for complex missile systems and sub-components. This is a high-impact role in a secure, delivery-led environment where software quality, automation and engineering discipline matter.
The business operates across the full product lifecycle and offers the scale, technical challenge and long-term progression that comes with a major defence programme.
Role Responsibilities
- Design and develop test equipment software for complex systems and sub-assemblies.
- Build robust software solutions in C and C++.
- Contribute within an agile development team.
- Support high software quality standards and engineering best practice.
- Apply automation, continuous integration and DevOps principles.
- Use electronics measurement and debug tools such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers.
Ideal Candidate
- Strong background in software engineering for test solutions.
- Confident in C and C++; scripting language experience is advantageous.
- Comfortable in agile delivery environments.
- Practical understanding of quality, automation and CI/CD.
- Familiar with electronics measurement and debug techniques.
- Able to operate in a secure, collaborative, on-site working model.
Package includes bonus, pension up to 14%, paid overtime, flexi leave, enhanced parental leave and strong site facilities, including subsidised meals and free parking.
This is a strong move for an engineer who wants complex technical work, secure delivery and genuine career depth.