As a Software Engineer at Leonardo, you will work in an agile team with 7-10 other engineers. Together with almost 100 other engineers you'll be challenged to ensure the software development continues to form the backbone of the nation's air defence capability for decades to come.
You will collaborate with your colleagues to architect, design, implement and test new product functionality and contribute to planning the work and taking ownership for delivering it.
Requirements
To be successful in this role, we really need you to have the following experience:
Experience working within an agile team and familiarity with agile software development lifecycle
Strong C++ programming skills, ideally in a highly regulated environment.
The ability to collaborate and work with others
Git (or equivalent) source control expertise
The ability to develop suitable software solution from solution requirements
The ability to trace, diagnose and resolve potential software issues. Familiarity with a debugger.
If you have the above skills, the following will really help you stand out:
Familiarity with Signal Processing
Experience working on complex products and codebases
Familiarisation with component-based development
Experience with working in embedded environments
Experience using static analysis and code coverage tooling
Knowledge of best practises for incremental development
Familiarity with the Atlassian toolset
Familiarity with Cmake.
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
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Why join us
Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
Rewarding Performance : All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
Never Stop Learning : Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
Tailored Perks : Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
Flexible Working : Flexible hours are available, however, due to the nature of this work, full time on-site working will be required. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.
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Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceFlexible scheduleEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus
Additional Information
Job Description:
Salary Range:
Engineer £38000 - £50000
Senior Engineer £45000 - £60000
Principal Engineer £54000 - £70000
Where this vacancy is being recruited across more than one grade, the successful candidate will be appointed to a specific assessed grade, and the applicable salary range will be that associated with the grade of appointment.
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.