Software Engineer (Senior Levels)

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Leonardocompany · United Kingdom

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Are you interested in working on one of the most cutting-edge defence and aerospace projects in the UK? We are enhancing the capability of the Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen and emerging GCAP platform and are looking for top engineers to join our team.
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

The ability to collaborate and work with others

Strong programming skills. For this role C++ will be the main language but we will consider anyone who has strong skills in other languages who is willing to learn

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. Due to the nature of this role, full on-site working is a requirement. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

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