C Software Engineer
Location: Stevenage or Bristol, Full time on site initial 3 month period, then hybrid working
Duration: 12 Months initial
SC Clearance Required
Rate: 65 ph Umbrella
Overview of department:
WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
Responsibilities:
- The role support the development of the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concept all the way through to in service support and training, using a range of simulation technologies, including digital twins and emulators.
- Working with Project Leads and Simulation Architects to design and develop simulation components as an end to end representation of a weapon System in a synthetic environment using C, C++ and integration simulations, supporting a number of industry standards.
- You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to develop simulations and representations of real equipment.
- Our approach to software development includes:
o Configuration control
o Continuous Integration
o Continuous Delivery or Deployment.
o Unit testing and test driven development.
Key Skillset
Essential:
- Proficient in C / C++
- Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse,
- Ability to work from high level/system view into technical detail.
- Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
- Knowledge of using Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems
Desirable:
- Distributed simulation standards / Protocols (DIS, HLA, DDS) and web services development (JavaScript, Node JS or similar) Military Communications,
- Datalinks and Interfaces such as 1553/1760 and Ethernet TCP/IP
- Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes
