Embedded C Software Engineer - Development in Stevenage

Position Overview

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit an Embedded C Software Engineer on an initial 6 month contract.

• Rate:£70.00 per hour
• Location: Stevenage
• Hybrid / Remote working: Onsite – however a 4 day working week (Monday to Thursday) is available.
• Contract:37 Hours per week
• Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
• Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
• IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)

Job Description

We are a world leader in missile and missile systems looking for a highly capable and adaptable Engineers to join our Development Facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. You will be responsible for developing the software through the full lifecycle for safety related real-time systems application software for the next of Missile Systems. This is a technical hands-on role working the full software lifecycle.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for delivering the on-board software for the next of Missile Systems. This is a hands-on role and will involve architecting, designing, implementing and testing missile subsystem software

Skillset/experience required

• Minimal: (Good)
• Ability to debug complex problems and be able to produce required documentation to achieve the required safety level.
• Authoring Specifications through the full lifecycle: planning, design and test documents.
• Requirements Analysis Experience
• Knowledge of Source Configuration Control Processes (e.g., PVCS, RTC, GIT)
• Working with minimal supervision.
• Experience of working with formal requirements capture tool.
• Significant previous experience of developing bare-metal embedded software using C/C++.

Required: (Better)

Previous experience of development and verification of embedded software written in C and developed at a high safety integrity level (SIL4 / DO178C Level B or equivalent)

Specification creation and compliance recording in DOORS.

Working knowledge of C/C++ for testing special builds and focussed code reviews

Unit Testing using LDRA, RAPITA or CPP Unit or an equivalent testing tool.

Understanding of Code Coverage and techniques/strategies used to cover/justify shortfall

Working in a lab environment with live equipment (PSUs, Scopes, Logic Analysers etc.) conducting system tests.

Desirable: (Best)

Significant experienced in developing software to DO178C Level B.

Knowledge of Defence standards and Micro-controller technologies

Testing on Development Cards with a test environment or bare-metal with special builds

Experience using test systems

RAPITA Tool experience.

Knowledge and use of ALM

Creation and use of Virtual Machines (VMWare)

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