• Opportunity to increase earning potential with regular pay reviews in addition to a fixed travel and accommodation allowance.
• You will be provided with excellent support, including direct access to a buddy and a mentor (independent of your line manager), on-the-job coaching by senior team members, and formal training in both soft and technical skills.
• We encourage graduates to participate in completing their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to progress their engineering competence and work towards professional recognition of their achievements. We also help support our engineers to become chartered or incorporated.
• Ultra I&C Cyber encourages all graduates to be STEM advocates through activities such as school, college and university engagement and volunteering.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement software in C/C++ and/or Rust in line with the company software development process and supporting codes of practice.
• Validate software by carrying out integration tests on target hardware.
• Create applications in Python to support automatic test equipment development.
• Contribute to the creation of software requirements, architecture, and design documentation.
• Create unit tests and regression suites to be incorporated into the CI build pipeline.

Skills Required

• Relevant degree in a STEM-related discipline with a minimum of a lower second-class honours degree achieved within the past two years.
• Experience of C, C++, Rust or Python.
• Experience of Object-Oriented Design (OOD).

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of embedded software design for microcontrollers, microcontroller familiarity.
• Knowledge of JavaScript, node.js and react.js.
• Knowledge of design patterns such as SOLID.
• Agile/Scrum, Jira, Version control (GIT), experience in C embedded programming, awareness of coding standards e.g. MISRA.

Role Requirements

• Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, SC/DV security clearance.

Our Team

We trust and empower each other; we love to celebrate success and we win as a team. Together, we embrace change and we’re never satisfied until we’ve done what we said we’d do.

Notice

Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance for the role. Due to the nature of our work, you must be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. For more information, please visit the UKSV website.

Our Benefits

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

• Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme.
• Private Medical Cover.
• 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an extra 5 days.
• Pension Contribution.
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover.
• Flexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday.
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more.
• Security Clearance Allowance – where relevant and subject to you holding the required security clearance.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.