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Senior Software Engineer

Tata Technologies
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At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for a Senior Software Engineer to be based at our clients site in Woking

Our Engineering Research and Development department (ER&D) is a fast-growing function within Tata Technologies Limited that is assembled to work on exciting projects globally for multiple customers. It comprises highly specialized engineers across Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial Heavy Machinery.

Role summary:

The primary purpose of the Senior Software Engineer role is to develop and maintain our internal automated validation framework for Automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in a Platform as a Service (PaaS). This framework will ensure the reliability, functionality, and compliance of automotive ECUs, supporting the entire software development lifecycle from integration to production. The role also extends into sub-tools spin off from the same validation framework for specific use-cases.

Areas of Responsibility:

·Drive the development and maintenance of a scalable and flexible automated validation framework.

·Integrate applications as services/capabilities to our internal platform, enabling easy high availability of functionality distributed across different use-cases.

·Work with suppliers having expert knowledge in specific domains (Automotive Networks, UI Validation) and tailoring their solutions to work for/with our internal requirements.

·Drive continuous improvements in the software tooling by incorporating feedback from cross-functional user groups adapting to automotive standards and technologies

Knowledge / Experience:

Must Have:

·Strong background in software development life cycle

·Working knowledge of web based full-stack application development including frameworks such as React and NextJS.

·High-level knowledge of automotive communication protocols such as Automotive Ethernet and CAN

·Competent in Python language programming including multi-processing and threading design patterns.

·Competent in backend development and distributed systems.

Desirable:

·Competent in C# and C++ development

Advantageous:

·Experience delivering cloud based scalable solutions.

·Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and its maintenance.

Personal Attributes:

·Self-motivated and proactive, with a can-do attitude and the ability to work both as a supportive team member and as a driven individual with minimal supervision.

·Adaptable, quick thinking, decisive, showing strong initiative and self-determination.

·Excellent personal workload management.

·Excellent communication skills to enable cross-functional working, able to define the requirement and breakdown complex problems.

·Enthusiasm to embrace change and support creation of new processes as necessary

Competences:

·Customer Centricity - Ensures the delivery of exceptional customer service

·Business Acumen -Naturally technical. Able to employ fundamental engineering principles.

·Decision Making -Confident and can articulate in high pressure scenarios.

·Teamwork & Collaboration -Personable and can manage and exceed expectations of internal customers.

·Lead Courageously - Takes personal and organizational risks to do what is right and achieve organizational success, and supports others who do so

·Developing & Managing Relationships - Develops and maintains constructive, open and honest relationships with others

·Execution Excellence - Plans, executes and improves work processes to ensure achievement of business goals

·Drive for Results -Able to make sound judgements based on balance of risk when data is not available.

·Displays Global Perspective - Establishes and promotes effective business operations across multiple countries and/or regions and coordinates appropriately with the broader global business

In return for bringing your expertise to our business we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:

·Pension Scheme – We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary

·25 Days’ Holiday

·Private Health Care

·Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme - up to 20% off new JLR vehicles

·Group Income Protection

·Health Assured – Employee Assistance Program

·Group Life Assurance

·Childcare Vouchers

·Health Shield – Private Health Cash Plan

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.

Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest, each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.

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