Overview

Senior Embedded C++ Software Engineer – £62ph (Inside IR35). Southampton (Hybrid). Initial 6 month contract.

Our Southampton facility is a leading UK centre of excellence for electro-optics, photonics, and Laser-based technologies. The site focuses on the design, development, and manufacture of advanced systems used across defence, aerospace, and security applications.

We play an important role in supplying critical technologies to both the UK armed forces and international partners, contributing to next-generation capabilities in multiple domains.

We are on the hunt for talented software engineers to support our Integrated Sensors & Protection line of business. Direct industry experience is not required; we are happy to explore all backgrounds. We want to develop a new generation of features and capabilities using innovative software solutions and we need you to create them.

Responsibilities

• Bare metal Embedded C++ software development
• Embedded interfaces eg CAN bus, I2C, SPI, GPIO
• Familiarity with the tools and approaches to Embedded development
• Work in our Southampton office 1-4 days a week. Employees are welcome to work onsite 5 days a week, but our flexible working allows working from home. This project will require time onsite regularly, but it will vary depending on the work required.
• SC clearance (or able to obtain it) to work on UK eyes only project (not dual national)

Essential qualifications

• Bare metal Embedded C++ software development
• Embedded interfaces eg CAN bus, I2C, SPI, GPIO
• Familiarity with the tools and approaches to Embedded development
• Work in our Southampton office 1-4 days a week. Employees are welcome to work onsite 5 days a week, but our flexible working allows working from home. This project will require time onsite regularly, but it will vary depending on the work required.
• SC clearance (or able to obtain it) to work on UK eyes only project (not dual national)

Nice to have

• C# application development
• Experience with developing Windows & Linux applications
• Familiarity with the Software life cycle processes
• Familiarity with Configuration Management processes and tools e.g. Git
• Software design experience e.g. SysML/UML
• Test case/procedure development experience
• Experience with Iterative development life cycles (e.g., tailored Agile)
• Experience using tools associated with Iterative development life cycles (Jira/DevOps)
• Docker, Virtual machines and Continuous Integration (CI) tools e.g. Jenkins