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Software Engineer - C/C++ (All levels)

Matchtech
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1 year ago
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Job summary

Want to join a trusted and reputable company with a broad portfolio of capabilities across the Maritime domain?

Key skills required for this role

Software Engineer, Software, C++, Java

Important

Software Engineer, Software, Java, C++

Job description

Overview

Important:All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance, and as a minimum be living in the UK for 5 years.

Working:The role is office based due to working on a secret network, with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad.

Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?

The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!

An opportunity has arisen for a Software Engineer to join a growing team. This role will be supporting new design work and existing products.

Responsibilities:

Software architectural design using UML and the Enterprise Architect tool. Software Implementation and test in C++ including unit and continuous integration testing. Sonar signal processing algorithm implementation, integration, and optimization Artificial Intelligence algorithm implementation, integration, and optimization Pride in the development of good quality well thought-out code. Peer reviewing the design and code of others and contributing to a community where learning and feedback is valued. Integration, defect analysis and resolution to assist the verification teams with their work. Progression of assigned stories and tasks in a product backlog using the Azure DevOps tool including estimation of remaining work. Periodic verbal reporting of progress and contributing to sprint planning and retrospectives.

Experience needed:

Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc. Experience in C++ development Experience in multi-threaded design Experience of UML design techniques Experience knowledge of the full software development lifecycle

Experience in the following would be desirable:

Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous. Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous. Experience in signal processing and/or AI/ML techniques Experience Machine Learning experience would be an advantage. Experience of Python would be an advantage. Experience of Java would be an advantage. Experience of DevOps would be an advantage. Experience of packaging tools and repositories such as Conan and Nexus would also be an advantage.

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