General Dynamics UK Limited
Junior Software Engineer
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General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
Job Description
This role is for a graduate level software engineer working on GDUKs Bowman product suite as well as internal research and development projects.
The role will entail requirements elicitation, design, peer reviews, implementation, test and delivery for projects of differing maturity levels from prototypes to production quality.
This role requires working collaboratively with other engineers from several functions that are developing and maintaining the currently deployed system.
Responsibilities Include:
- Requirements analysis and peer review
- Design reviews
- Creating software designs for moderate complexity components including peer reviews.
- Software implementation of designs and design components including unit test, component test, peer reviews.
- Analysing and debugging issues in software components or system configuration; resolving defects in software components.
- Supporting other activities such as System Integration and test; demonstrations and experimentation as required.
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Required Skills & Abilities
Essential:
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a larger team.
- Programming experience in either C# and/or C++
- Experience of developing software using Microsoft tools or similar.
- Capable of working and delivering as part of a team and individually.
- Capable of working to schedule and without supervision for short periods.
- Self-motivated
Desirable:
- Familiar with different Software Lifecycle approaches.
- Capable of analysing and debugging software integration issues on target hardware and software environments
- Experience of Source Code Management tools such as Git.
- Ability to generate well-structured technical documents using Microsoft packages and manage through a review process to achieve release to committed deadlines.
- Familiar with DevOps concepts.
- Familiar with design modelling standards such as UML and SySML.
- Experience or knowledge of AI integration and use to improve productivity and efficiency in the development workflow.
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Qualifications
A university-level qualification in Computer Science/Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or IT discipline or equivalent wide range of relevant experience.
Additional Information
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:
- A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
- A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
- A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits.
- We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!
We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.
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