Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Farnborough
Hybrid: 2/3 days onsite
Clearance: Sole British Nationality & SC Clearance Eligible
We have partnered with a Cyber Security and Information Assurance company who are seeking a dynamic Software Engineer to join the innovative team, driving the design and development of cutting-edge solutions that protect critical data for the UK and Allied defence sectors.
About the Role:
As a Software Engineer, you will be involved in software design and development across the full lifecycle—from analysing software requirements to architecture design, implementation, testing, and integration. You will collaborate with other developers and contribute to introducing modern tools and processes to continually enhance our development practices.
* Contribute to the design and development of secure software solutions for defence and government applications.
* Analyse software requirements and assist in creating high-level and detailed designs.
* Implement, test, and integrate software components in embedded and PC environments.
* Collaborate with software developers and cross-functional teams.
* Support the introduction and refinement of development tools and processes.
Essential Skills & Experience:
* Full software development lifecycle experience.
* Proficiency in C or C++ for embedded systems; experience with PC environments is a plus.
* Strong understanding of operating systems: multi-threading, process scheduling, inter-process communication, memory management, and I/O.
* Scripting expertise with Bash, Python, or similar languages.
* Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and programming experience.
* Familiarity with configuration management and version control tools (e.g., GitHub).
Desirable Knowledge:
* Digital security technologies.
* Continuous integration, unit testing, and static analysis tools.
* x86 architecture and hardware programming.
* Device driver models and NVMe technology.
* Implementation of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).
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