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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT
- **Location:** Stevenage, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** CANopen, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Real-Time Operating Systems, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Scripting, Serial Peripheral Interface, Linux Development
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.enterpriserecruitment.com/job-search/7305-senior-software-engineer/software/hertfordshire/apply

## About the Role

We are hiring an experienced software engineer who enjoys bringing software, electronics and mechanical systems together. This is an opportunity to take a leading hands-on role in the development and evolution of an advanced antenna controller system, creating reliable software that positions and moves antenna axes accurately and smoothly., + 5+ years relevant software engineering experience (C/C++/Python)

 + Strong software design fundamentals, including modular architecture, refactoring, testing and version control.
 + Practical experience controlling motors or servo mechanisms using closed-loop feedback, including PID/PI tuning and position or velocity control.
 + A sound understanding of gearing, inertia, friction, backlash, acceleration, overshoot, oscillation and stability.
 + Experience with motor drives, feedback devices and real-time software using an RTOS.
 + A degree in engineering or equivalent qualification or experience.

Senior Software Engineer desirable skills

 + Linux development, scripting and system diagnostics.
 + General embedded systems
 + Advanced control or estimation methods, including feed-forward control, Kalman filtering, sensor fusion or system identification.
 + IMUs, gyroscopes, accelerometers, GNSS or multi-axis motion-control systems.
 + MATLAB/Simulink or Python-based control and simulation tools.
 + Interfaces such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART/RS-485 or Ethernet.
 + ROS 2, ros2_control, CANopen/CiA 402 or EtherCAT.