Embedded C++ Software Engineer

12 Month Contract – Inside IR35

Hybrid working – 60% on site

£65 per hour umbrella / £56.28 per hour PAYE (including holiday pay)

Job Role:

We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer on behalf of our leading defence client. You will join our Modems and Software Defined Radio group and report to the Engineering Manager of the project, delivering a new product to the UK MOD.

The role will be based at our client’s site in Portsmouth, UK. The role has a flexible working pattern and you will be required to be in office 60% of your time.

You will be an experienced embedded software engineer. Within our team, you will work to generate, test and integrate code to support innovative solutions for software-defined modem technologies.

Key Skills:

Essential:

• Modern C++ software engineering for target Linux platforms to a high standard
• Developing using Eclipse CDT running on a Linux based operating system
• Device management interfaces (e.g. SNMP, Web) for design, implementation and test
• Git for version control
• Inter-process communication and techniques
• Unit and integration test tools (e.g. Google Test, Robot Framework)
• Atlassian toolset (e.g. Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)

Desirable:

• Agile or Scrum working environment experience would be very beneficial
• System and software modelling tools such as Enterprise Architect (SysML / UML)
• User interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team