Senior Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Contract Software Engineer - Defence SC/DV cleared

(C, NI LabWindows/CVI, LabVIEW or LabVIEW FPGA)

What you’ll do as a Software Engineer:

• Creation and delivery of software solutions within a defined work package area, ensuring that the package meets all stakeholder requirements.
• Establish and mature stakeholder needs, associating priority, interest, influence, and trading-off needs to determine optimum capability to solve stakeholders’ problems.
• Create high quality and robust code; fully document and record your work products; keep them under configuration management and provide plans and reports on progress to your line manager.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure architecture alignment with other elements of the programme.
• Ensure the application of appropriate tools/techniques for test equipment design by the team, providing advice in your area of expertise.
• Resolve emerging issues by proposing and driving through solutions, escalating more complex risks, and supporting definition of opportunities and risk mitigation options.
• Foster relationships and networks within and outside the line of business, actively seeking out opportunities and promoting a culture for adoption of best practice.
• Develop, coach, mentor, teach, and upskill other engineers in the wider application of engineering.

What we are looking for:

We realise that the “perfect candidate” doesn’t always exist. The only skill we need you to have is experience as a senior level software engineer.

However, demonstrable experience in the following areas will help you stand out:

• A solid grasp of high-level programming (C, NI LabWindows/CVI, LabVIEW or LabVIEW FPGA).
• Familiarity with TestStand.
• Developing Low Level Drivers.
• Developing software for test system environments.
• Developing software within a development process framework.
• Excellent communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Agile development and Atlassian toolset.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools, defect tracking, and peer review.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with an ability to influence and adapt according to changing demands.
• Personal attributes and values are just as important to us as technical ability.