Expleo
Software Engineer - Marine Training Systems
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Overview
Expleo is seeking a Software Engineer – Marine Training Systems to support the maintenance, enhancement, integration and deployment of advanced training and simulation systems operating within secure defence environments.
Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, the successful candidate will contribute to software development, testing, troubleshooting and deployment activities across a range of operational training and simulation platforms. This role offers an excellent opportunity for engineers looking to further develop their software engineering capabilities within a complex defence and maritime environment.
The position is focused on sustaining and improving deployed systems, supporting software updates, capability enhancements, system maintenance and customer deployments throughout the product support lifecycle.
This role is based full-time on-site, working directly alongside customer engineering and assurance teams throughout programme execution.
Responsibilities
- Develop, modify and maintain software applications supporting training and simulation systems.
- Support software testing, verification and validation activities.
- Investigate and resolve software defects and technical issues.
- Assist with software patching, Windows updates and system maintenance activities.
- Support integration activities involving software, hardware interfaces and networked systems.
- Participate in release activities including FAT, TRR, TCR and customer deployments.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation and engineering records.
- Support troubleshooting and root cause investigations.
- Assist with deployment and installation activities at customer sites.
- Work collaboratively with software, systems, integration and support teams.
- Follow established engineering processes, quality standards and security requirements.
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
- Equivalent technical qualifications and relevant industry experience will also be considered.
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Essential skills
- Software debugging and fault investigation.
- Software testing and verification.
- Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Windows operating systems.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle principles.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Technical communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Understanding of software configuration control principles.
- Active Directory administration and support.
- VMware virtualisation technologies.
- Tortoise SVN or equivalent version control tools.
- Hardware and software integration.
- Network troubleshooting and support.
- Training and simulation systems knowledge.
- Software deployment and release support activities.
- Windows Server administration.
Experience
- Experience developing software using C and/or C++.
- Commercial experience within a software engineering, systems engineering or technical support environment.
- Experience developing or maintaining software applications using C and/or C++.
- Experience supporting software testing and verification activities.
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving software defects.
- Experience working within structured engineering environments.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Experience supporting software releases, maintenance or deployment activities.
- Defence sector experience.
- Maritime, naval or military training systems experience.
- Simulation or synthetic training environments.
- Active Directory administration experience.
- VMware administration or support experience.
- Experience supporting operational or deployed systems.
- Experience working within security-conscious or regulated engineering environments.
- Customer-facing deployment or installation experience.
- ADA development experience.
- Defence or maritime industry experience.
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What do I need before I apply
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
- Willingness to work within secure defence facilities and controlled environments.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to customer locations.
- Must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
- Ability to support deployed systems during planned maintenance, upgrade and deployment activities when required.
Benefits
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
- Competitive company benefits.
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo.
- As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
- Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
- Communicating and promoting vacancies.
- Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
- Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.
- Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
- “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
- We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.
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