Job summary

Senior Software Engineer- 12 month contract - Portsmouth - £67.02ph UMB or £50.79ph PAYE (Inside IR35)

Key skills required for this role

Software engineer, Python, Software Developer

Important

Senior Software Engineer

Job description

Role:

• The purpose of the role is to perform Software Design, Development, Documentation, Integration and Test activities within the Autonomy team of Underwater Battlespace & Autonomy (UWB&A) within Products. The applicant will be capable of working independently with limited technical direction or as part of a small team working under the Nautomate Scrum Master.

• Requires a depth and breadth of software knowledge gained through education and work experience in order to apply principles and concepts in the software discipline or technical area.

• Requires the ability to develop new software, modify existing software and to diagnose and to identify emergent technical issues, document, and then investigate to find an appropriate solution in existing software.

Knowledge:

• Excellent software coding, integration and testing skills.

• Extensive debugging experience.

• Good experience in writing multi-threaded applications.

• Experience of configuration control systems.

• Experience of test driven development would be advantageous.

Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of programming languages, Object Oriented programming and design patterns with a minimum of 3 years of C++ experience and a minimum of 5 years software development experience.

• Experience of Python would be advantageous.

• Knowledge of MQTT or any message broker is desirable.

• An understanding of the Linux Operating System is desirable.

• An understanding of the Eclipse development environment is desirable.

Qualifications:

• Ideally BEng/BSc in Computer Science or other relevant Engineering or numerate subject (technology, engineering or science related discipline).

• CEng or equivalent level of capability, or working towards CEng status.

Security Level: BPSS + ITAR

In addition, this role involves direct and/or indirect access to ITAR Material which means there are restriction. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.