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Senior Software Consultant

Posted almost 3 years ago

  • Sector: Advanced Facilities
  • Contact: Andy Williams
  • Contact Email: awilliams@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 07818 431 925
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 27 June 2021
  • Job Ref: 1036203
Senior Software Engineer / Consultant – Out of Scope

Full time remote working


Our Client is the only wireless communications provider that enables transmission of data through the water-air boundary, water column, seabed and subsea structures.  

This role will support the development our client’s flagship product development.  The role is a consultant position in our expanding Software department reporting to the Software Team Leader. The role is available due to acceleration of feature additions to our flagship product, and the need to build out their formal processes to cope with an expanding team.  

Key Responsibilities 
Our client is looking for a proactive software engineer to work closely with their small team of Electronics, Mechanical and System engineers.  


Your key responsibilities will include:  
  • Produce reliable C code across multiple types of microprocessors including DSP and RTOS, that meets the system and product requirements. 
  • Actively participate in scrum, and log tasks in Jira. 
  • Test code during unit test, integration test, design verification test, acceptance test and compliance testing. 
  • Setup and run regression testing. 
  • Work closely with electronics team to ensure hardware is testable. 
  • Work as part of the software team to ensure a cohesive software platform. 
 

Essential Experience 
The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas: 
  • Proven experience working in a formal software development environment.  
  • Extensive experience with the C programming language with embedded systems to meet product requirements. 
  • Experience using revision control systems. 
  • Experience working in an agile environments. 
  • Proven hands-on delivery of working software. 
 
Desirable Experience 
It would be beneficial for the candidate to have experience in some or all of the following areas: 
  • Experience developing Windows based applications. 
  • Experience setting up software build servers. 
  • Experience with Texas Instruments ARM processors and DSP processors. 
  • Experience with real time operating systems 
  • Capable of reading schematics, using oscilloscopes and logic analysers 
  • Experience with bit bucket 
  • Experience with Jira and Scrum 
  • Experience with TI Code composer studio. 
  • Creating software processes and procedures to ensure that the software team is working in the same way. 
  • to software process and procedures and the ability to create procedures and processes from scratch. 
  • Proven experience writing software test procedures. 
 


Qualifications & Certifications 
  • Engineering experience with experience working in areas of essential experience preferred. 
  • Minimum 2:1 Engineering degree / Computer Science degree or equivalent. 
 
Key Benefits 
  • Competitive Hourly Rate 
  • 3-6 Month Contract 
  • Out of Scope