Software Engineer - Marine Training Systems

Expleo is seeking a Software Engineer - Marine Training Systems to support the maintenance, enhancement, integration and deployment of advanced training and simulation systems operating within secure defence environments. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, the successful candidate will contribute to software development, testing, troubleshooting and deployment activities across a range of operational training and simulation platforms. This role offers an excellent opportunity for engineers looking to further develop their software engineering capabilities within a complex defence and maritime environment. The position is focused on sustaining and improving deployed systems, supporting software updates, capability enhancements, system maintenance and customer deployments throughout the product support lifecycle. This role is based full-time on-site, working directly alongside customer engineering and assurance teams throughout programme execution. Responsibilities:

• Develop, modify and maintain software applications supporting training and simulation systems.
• Support software testing, verification and validation activities.
• Investigate and resolve software defects and technical issues.
• Assist with software patching, Windows updates and system maintenance activities.
• Support integration activities involving software, hardware interfaces and networked systems.
• Participate in release activities including FAT, TRR, TCR and customer deployments.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and engineering records.
• Support troubleshooting and root cause investigations.
• Assist with deployment and installation activities at customer sites.
• Work collaboratively with software, systems, integration and support teams.
• Follow established engineering processes, quality standards and security requirements.

• Degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related STEM discipline.

• Equivalent technical qualifications and relevant industry experience will also be considered.

Essential skills:

• Experience developing software using C and/or C++.

• Software debugging and fault investigation.

• Software testing and verification.

• Microsoft Visual Studio.

• Windows operating systems.

• Understanding of software development lifecycle principles.

• Problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Technical communication and documentation skills.

• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

• Understanding of software configuration control principles.

Desired skills:

• ADA development experience.

• Active Directory administration and support.

• VMware virtualisation technologies.

• Tortoise SVN or equivalent version control tools.

• Hardware and software integration.

• Network troubleshooting and support.

• Training and simulation systems knowledge.

• Defence or maritime industry experience.

• Software deployment and release support activities.

• Windows Server administration.

Experience:

• Commercial experience within a software engineering, systems engineering or technical support environment.

• Experience developing or maintaining software applications using C and/or C++.

• Experience supporting software testing and verification activities.

• Experience troubleshooting and resolving software defects.

• Experience working within structured engineering environments.

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Experience supporting software releases, maintenance or deployment activities., * Defence sector experience.
• Maritime, naval or military training systems experience.
• Simulation or synthetic training environments.
• Active Directory administration experience.
• VMware administration or support experience.
• Experience supporting operational or deployed systems.
• Experience working within security-conscious or regulated engineering environments.
• Customer-facing deployment or installation experience.

What do I need before I apply:

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).

• Willingness to work within secure defence facilities and controlled environments.

• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer locations

• Must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

• Ability to support deployed systems during planned maintenance, upgrade and deployment activities when required.