QinetiQ
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
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Package: £60,750 - £67,500 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Permanent, Fulltime, Average of 3 days a week on site minimum
Location: Malvern
Role ID: SF19473
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer at our Malvern site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will be working within a team that develops software for innovative electronics systems working closely with specialists from across a number of disciplines.
Day-to-day, you’ll be working throughout the engineering lifecycle applying rigorous engineering practices; analysing, designing, implementing, testing, supporting and maintaining solutions that solve mission-critical problems of our customers.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Being responsible to the Project Design Authority for software development and related software engineering activities
- Communicating ideas with multiple stakeholders and customers at all levels
- Innovation in the application/integration of digital hardware technologies to build novel embedded systems
- Solving technically challenging problems from rapid developments to full scale system developments
Essential experience of the Senior Embedded Software Engineer:
- Extensive experience developing in C and/or C++
- The ability to work in rigorous engineering environments using configuration management and change management processes and tools
- Knowledge and experience of the specification, design and implementation of complex software solutions
- Previous experience developing for embedded platforms, interfacing to on-board FPGA’s would be an advantage
- The ability to design software using UML and working with test tools
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Essential qualifications for the Senior Embedded Software Engineer:
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or demonstrable equivalent experience
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Malvern site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
The Malvern facility is noted for its work in electronic warfare, surveillance and complex system integration, contributing significantly to the UK’s defence capabilities. Developing technologies for military and civilian applications, including sensors, communications and cyber security.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq
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Our Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
- Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
- We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
- Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community
Our Recruitment Process:
We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK www.gov.uk
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