Senior Software Engineer

Cyber Business

Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.

Job Description

The Ultra Engineering function manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities, generating highly differentiated solutions and products by applying electronic, mechanical, and software technologies in demanding and critical environments to meet customer needs.

The Software Engineering function in Ultra supports the software development lifecycle consisting of requirements analysis, design, implementation, test and verification in order to deliver
software components into projects and products and supports the deployment and maintenance of software components.
A professional at this grade possesses knowledge for specific fields and performs structured work assignments. Uses established procedures to solve problems by making judgments and gets work done with quality under moderate supervision. Has limited discretion to vary from established procedures.

Scope

Define, architect, design, develop, document and test embedded and/or application software as part of a software engineering team of 5-20 engineers, within the Cyber UK Business Unit, delivering multiple concurrent research, development and production programmes ranging from tens of £k to several £m.

Responsible for / Key responsibilities

• Architect, specify requirements, design, implement and test embedded and application software in accordance with the project software development process to ensure high quality and timely software deliverables.
  
  
• Apply object-oriented design techniques to enable code re-use and integration with testing frameworks
  
  
• Review and understand system design artefacts to enable the derivation of software requirements and architecture that meet the high-level system requirements.
  
  
• Design, document, review and maintain the software design using modelling tools such as RSA and EA, ensuring model can be used for accurate code generation as required.
  
  
• Develop and maintain knowledge of best practice development processes, language standards and tools, e.g. TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, DevSecOps, static and run-time analysis tools, C/C++ standards and secure software development.
  
  
• Estimate time and effort required for software activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
  
  
• Propose improvements in tools, processes and techniques that support quality and innovation and make the software development more efficient and effective.
  
  
• Actively contribute to and/or lead defined aspects of the project to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule and cost.
  
  
• Generate and review technical proposals, and provide accurate estimates for the associated effort, costs and risks, for bids and proposals, leading to contract awards.
  
  
• SFIA Programming / software development: Level 2-3
  
  
• SFIA Programming / software development: Level 4
  
  
  • Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
    
    
  • Contributes to the selection of the software development methods, tools and techniques.
    
    
  • Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes.
    
    Role requirements
    
    Essential:
    
    
• Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, SC security clearance. Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance (following attainment of SC clearance).
  
  Qualifications / skills required
  
  Essential:
  
  
• Degree in an engineering, mathematical or science-based subject or equivalent experience.
  
  
• Experience of at least one of the following;
  
  
  • Embedded product development (including bare-metal and RTOSes such as ThreadX, QNX or Linux)
    
    
  • Embedded Linux application, kernel and/or driver development.
    
    
  • C / C++
    
    
• Experience of best practice software development processes/lifecycles
  
  
• Experience of Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns
  
  
• Experience of software testing and design for test
  
  Desirable:
  
  
• Javascript, node.js, react.js
  
  
• Python
  
  
• Rust
  
  
• Communications protocols – e.g. TCP/IP
  
  
• Experience of using version control, continuous integration and automated test tools and frameworks
  
  
• Exposure to defensive coding techniques and standards such as MISRA
  
  
• Experience of DOORS, RSA, Enterprise Architect, UML and SysML