Job summary

Leonardo is a global leader in defence electronics and designs and develops systems for situational awareness, surveillance and protection, across land, sea and air.

Key skills required for this role

Embedded Software Engineering, UML, C++, Python, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GItlab OOD (Object Oriented Design) techniques Matlab Simulink, Requirements Management, Design, Implementation, Test and Integration Rhapsody, VxWorks, DOORS

Important

You must be based in the UK and have a British Passport

Job description

We are looking for a talented and passionate Principal Software Developer to create and deliver technical training and coaching to support the roll out of an enterprise level digital technology stack that is destine to transform the way and pace with which we develop our products.

You will work alongside the software developers responsible for creating the technology stack and liaise with our growing user community and enterprise architects to understand their needs and create material that takes the users on the journey from novice to expert developing design patterns that can be exploited across the organisation. You will elicit feedback from our users to understand how the product needs to evolve to meet their needs.

We want to build a whole community of developers who can move between projects taking with them design strategies and knowledge that can boot strap a new programmes. We need you if you have great communication skills, a passion for knowledge sharing, and a desire to develop others supported by a solid technical background.

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
  o Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  o Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  o Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  o Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  o 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 12 flexi days

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."

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.

What you will do:

• You will join a creative team developing solutions to transform the business as it digitally enables our products
• Develop a full understand of the products that we are creating, you will become an expert user
• Build tailor made training programmes to onboard new teams and coach individuals.
• Develop reference applications, "How To" guides and API documentation
• Elicit new ideas from our users
• Promote our products
• Canvas our users to gain support for new features and improvements
• Understand what our users are thinking

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:

• A passion for knowledge sharing and developing others
• Effective and flexible communicator, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• A desire to develop and promote design patterns
• A solid grasp of high level programming languages (C++, Java, JavaScript, Python)
• Familiar with communication protocols (REST, SOAP, TCP/IP, PCIe, Kafka)
• Exposure to architectural frameworks (FACE, CORBA, ECOA, MOSA)
• Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), memory management techniques & device driver set up
• Familiarity with configuration management tools, defect tracking and peer review
• Experience developing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment solutions under custom hardware
• Personal attributes and values are just as important to us as technical ability