Embedded C Software Engineer - Development

Certain Advantage
Stevenage, UK
7 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£145,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Software Applications Automation of Tests Unit Testing C++ (Programming Language) Configuration Management Code Coverage Code Review Software Debugging Embedded C Embedded Software PVCS Version Manager Software Engineering
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System Testing Virtual Machines PIC Microcontroller Real Time Systems Git Bare Metal Vmware

Job description

We are a world leader in missile and missile systems looking for a highly capable and adaptable Engineers to join our Development Facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. You will be responsible for developing the software through the full life cycle for safety related Real Time systems application software for the next generation of Missile Systems. This is a technical hands-on role working the full software life cycle., You will be responsible for delivering the on-board software for the next generation of Missile Systems. This is a hands-on role and will involve architecting, designing, implementing and testing missile subsystem software

Requirements

  • Ability to debug complex problems and be able to produce required documentation to achieve the required safety level.
  • Authoring Specifications through the full life cycle: planning, design and test documents.
  • Requirements Analysis Experience
  • Knowledge of Source Configuration Control Processes (eg, PVCS, RTC, GIT)
  • Working with minimal supervision.
  • Experience of working with formal requirements capture tool.
  • Significant previous experience of developing bare-metal Embedded software using C/C++.

Required: (Better)

  • Previous experience of development and verification of Embedded software written in C and developed at a high safety integrity level (SIL4/DO178C Level B or equivalent)
  • Specification creation and compliance recording in DOORS.
  • Working knowledge of C/C++ for testing special builds and focussed code reviews
  • Unit Testing using LDRA, RAPITA or CPP Unit or an equivalent testing tool.
  • Understanding of Code Coverage and techniques/strategies used to cover/justify shortfall
  • Working in a lab environment with live equipment (PSUs, Scopes, Logic Analysers etc.) conducting system tests.

Desirable: (Best)

  • Significant experienced in developing software to DO178C Level B.
  • Knowledge of Defence standards and Microcontroller technologies
  • Testing on Development Cards with a test environment or bare-metal with special builds
  • Experience using test systems
  • RAPITA Tool experience.
  • Knowledge and use of ALM
  • Creation and use of Virtual Machines (VMWare)

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