Job Description

Salary:Up to £50,000 depending on experience

Location:New Mills, GL12 8JR (Global HQ)

Hybrid working:Minimum 1 day per week on site, 4.5 day working week

About us

Renishaw is one of the world’s leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in high precision metrology, healthcare, and Additive Manufacturing (AM).
 

In our AM Division, we design, and manufacture AM turn-key solutions based on a process called metal powder bed fusion (or laser melting). Our products are used by customers in their cutting-edge engineering projects, in market sectors ranging from automotive to aerospace.
 

The team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to participate in the full development life cycle of the control and monitoring software for the AM 3D printer. Our mission is to support the continuous evolution and innovation of the AM Machine, by delivering high value software solutions, against high performance and reliability constraints.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Renishaw, you’ll contribute to current and future generations of AM Software, while following Agile Software Engineering practices, tooled-up by automated DevOps. You’ll get involved in the development of software as part of the wider system, with opportunities to gain domain specific knowledge, collaborate in cross-discipline engineering, support R&D projects, mentor junior teammates, and develop your career in Software with a background of the growing body of knowledge that is AM.

As a business, we are continuously involved with R&D for new products so, from time to time, there will be a need to attend site to carry out certain tasks and we’re likely to ask you to attend more often during key phases of projects.

About the role

Specification, design, development, continuous integration/continuous delivery and maintenance of software components

Collaborate effectively within an Agile team, meeting quality standards, deadlines, and project requirements while maximizing value and efficiency

Mentor and support junior team members, fostering their growth and development

Drive continuous improvement and innovation in AM software projects, contributing fresh ideas and solutions

Key requirements

Degree in Computer Science/Software engineering/other relevant STEM degree

Experience in a similar Senior Software Engineering role, working on a challenging and innovative engineering product

Experience of developing performance-critical components:

in C++ and other relevant languages

multi-threading, cross-platform, inter-process communications
 

An understanding of Object-Oriented programming and SOLID design principles

Experience with Agile development, DevOps practices and Test-Driven Development

Knowledge of distributed version control systems, such as Git

Knowledge of distributed software architectures, network communications and security protocols

Experience with UML/SysML software design languages

Knowledge of the following would be advantageous, but not essential

OS configuration, deployment, and network booting (WinPE, PXE boot, Win OOBE, DSC)

Cyber-security at architecture-level

C# .NET, PowerShell, Python, Matlab

M2m protocols (OPC UA, MQTT)

Modern client-server technologies/frameworks (gRPC)

Continuous Integration pipelines based on YAML

MS Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Jira and Confluence, Enterprise Architect

MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering)

Electronics/electrical engineering, communication protocols, industrial automation, and control
 

Benefits 

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (*not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R6691 Senior Software Engineer (Open)