Senior Software Engineer

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SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Some travel within UK and international

LOCATION: Stevenage or Portsmouth

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more

• Work / Life Balance:  37 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL

• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

• Health & Wellbeing:  Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation  

• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity) 

Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight (#ZEROe) to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?

This role will suit an Embedded developer with experience in hardware integration and experience or interest in programming Safety-critical systems. Usually in the following industries : Medical, Robotic, Devices that electronically monitor vital functions, Nuclear, Oil and gas production, Shipping, Transport, Rail, Automotive, Aviation, Aerospace or Space - however other industries are considered.

This is a technical focused role, rather than people-management and the majority of your time will be programming, with validation / unit testing and of course some firefighting. You will initially be working on the OneSat project with the support of a passionate and approachable team, Lead Solution Architect, Validation Engineer and Software Development Manager. This is NOT a “Code Monkey” or “Chief Firefighter” role.

For your interest, the career progression for this role can be Technical Lead. 

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM 

• Champion and communicate software solutions to the team, gauging understanding and their feedback

• People Coordination for the Project

• Design and develop software products for vehicle functions (for Spacecraft and Satellites!) and digital payload data management (switching systems for data routing, instruments and sensors such as cameras, spectrometers, radars or signals transmitters)

• Consider the required safety, quality and performance levels in everything you do

• Concept creation for software changes and new development implementations

• Coordinating software development and supporting the leading of the software development team

• Responsible for the software you create, the full life cycle, unit and integration tests 

• Responsible for the test plan and test procedure endorsing the fact that these are complete, consistent and adequate w.r.t. Requirement Baseline and Test Specification

• Participating in and supporting the creation of unit & (sub) system integration tests and hardware/software integration tests

ABOUT YOU – Your Skills

• Genuinely passionate about Hardware / Embedded programming and wanting a role where you can make a real difference

• Solid background in programming and validating Embedded software

• Wanting a technical and programming focused role

• Passionate about Tracability, from gathering the requirement to validation testing

• Experience of working in production in C and a mix of Validation, integration and Unit testing, using C / C++

• Programming in a Linux environment within a Safety-critical system or Complex system

• Software integration, performance test and debug at the hardware level

• Knowledge of software development tools such as VSCode, Eclipse, JIRA, git, Jenkins

• Good communication skills to champion tech approaches and help lead tech transformations

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request. 

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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