Job summary

Your goal is to connect together our world class sensor suite within and across platforms in the theatre of operation to leverage the advantage of data fusion and provide these services to authenticated actors in the field.

Key skills required for this role

Software, architectural frameworks, communication protocols, C++, Python, Agile,Jira, Cyber Security, Data fusion

Important

Position subject to security clearance and proof of 5-year UK residency.

Job description

The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is uniquely positioned as one of the world's top manufacturers of radars, lasers and infra-red countermeasure systems.

We are looking a talented and passionate Software Specialists to lead our enterprise level Service Cloud team along with a Principle Engineer to work within this team. Your goal is to connect together our world class sensor suite within and across platforms to leverage the advantage of data fusion and provide these services to authenticated actors in the field.

In addition to real time information exchange there is a need to stream data into a service orientated eco-system on the ground so our engineers can analyse, develop, validate and upload new software to support the ongoing live operations.

You don't need to have experience in avionics or defence software development as we embrace skilled people from all industries.

What we can offer you:

• Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
  
  • Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  • Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  • Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  • Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  • We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 8 flexi days

Security Clearance: You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please

What you will do
Within the software engineering community at Leonardo Edinburgh, our mission is simple: "Deliver new features and enhancements quickly and continuously to keep our operators safe."

That means we need to develop features, gather data, diagnose problems and deploy updates as quickly as possible. As a Software Specialist, you'll understand the value you deliver to our customers and how important that is to mission success.

We want to build a community of world-class software engineers who will continuously improve, collaborate and innovate to create market-leading products.

We've got big aspirations for software engineering at Leonardo Edinburgh, and you could join us on this amazing journey.

Are you an Embedded Software Engineer who loves playing with kit and bringing hardware to life? We want to hear from you!

What you will do:

• You will join a creative team developing solutions to transform the business as it digitally enables our products.
• Solve complex engineering problems.
• Implement robust and reusable designs.
• Troubleshoot system software issues.
• Analyse, monitor and improve efficiency and stability of systems.
• Review code and feedback best-practice improvements.
• Actively contribute to sharing knowledge and developing others.

Progression
This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo's future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.

We are relentless about inclusion. We understand an inclusive environment is one that welcomes everyone as they are. We see diversity as a strength. We still have some way to go to achieving diverse teams across our whole business. We would like you to be part of our journey to creating that better balance and welcome applications from all individuals from all walks of life as we build a stronger company together.

What we are looking for
We realise that the "perfect candidate" doesn't always exist. The only skill we need you to have is experience as an embedded software engineer.

Demonstrable experience in the following areas will help you stand out:

• Understanding of core concepts of on-premise and cloud architecture, infrastructure, and security
• Experience with IaaS and SaaS Cloud technologies on one or more of AWS, Azure or GCP
• Exposure to architectural frameworks (FACE, CORBA, ECOA, MOSA)
• Familiar with communication protocols (REST, SOAP, TCP/IP, PCIe, Kafka)
• A solid grasp of high level programming languages (C++, Java, JavaScript, Python)
• A desire to develop and promote design patterns
• Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), memory management techniques, device driver set up, code optimisation, Interrupt-driven designs
• Knowledge of standards such as RTCA DO-178C and coding standards such as AUTOSAR
• Experience of Agile development and Atlassian toolset