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Principal/Lead Software Engineer

  • Rochester, Kent, England
  • Permanent
  • £65k - 75k per year
  • Aerospace and Defence
  • Software Engineering
Posted 12 September 2024
Job ref: 235660MMU

Principal/Lead Software Engineer

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Rochester, Kent, England

What you’ll be doing:
• Development and implementation of embedded software, peripheral drivers, protocols, human-machine interfaces and associated supporting certification documentation
• Requirements analysis and definition, System/Software Architecture/Design, Modelling and Simulation, Systems/Software Integration, Verification and Validation, Safety Critical Development techniques
• Peer review and technically guide the work of others, produce size / re-use estimates, reliably estimate your own work
• Liaise with customers on technical issues, define processes/procedures, perform design review assessments, and make sound strategic technical decisions within your area of responsibility/expertise

Your skills:
Essential:
• Proven relevant industry knowledge
• Degree or equivalent qualification in a Scientific/Engineering (electronics-engineering, software-engineering, physics, math’s) environment
• Excellent Software Engineering skills in C/C++
• Software Architecture Design using UML or other recognised model-based design techniques
• Developing embedded software for bare metal systems or with Real-Time Operating Systems
• Knowledge of interfacing software with hardware in a real-time environment
• Be able to join a team and hit the ground running, working with minimal guidance

Desirable:
• UML for software design in EA, Rhapsody, or integrity Modeler
• Software modelling tools such as Simulink or SCADE
• Scripting languages such as MATLAB or Python
• Knowledge of Scrum / Agile development
• Working knowledge of Git/Subversion or other configuration management
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking, understanding of socket programming
• Real-Time Operating Systems – such as Wind River’s VxWorks/GHS Integrity
• Linux or Windows application development
• Skilled in software verification
• Development to DO178C Standards