Contract Senior Embedded Software Engineer

UK Multiple Locations (Flexible working options)

£55-65 per hour inside IR35

6 Month Contract

We are currently looking to recruit highly experienced Senior Embedded Software Engineers on behalf of several different leading Defence companies. There are flexible working options available. The successful Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible for the design, development and testing of new and existing embedded software.

THE ROLE:

The successful Embedded Software Engineer will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of C/C++ /Assembler embedded environment.

You will also have an understanding of the full product life cycle.

KEY DUTIES/EXPERIENCE:

• Proficient in the whole engineering life cycle

• Experience developing C++ software in a real-time embedded systems with strong capabilities in different software development methodologies, tools and compilers.

• Experience using free RTOS and Embedded Linux in multithreaded environment

• Expert in design, coding, debugging, reviewing and testing embedded software

• Ethernet TCPIP / UDP

THE PERSON / DESIRABLE:

The ideal Embedded Software Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

• Graduate in a software engineering related / computer science relevant degree

• Excellent decision making skills with an ability to solve complex problems

• Analytical skills with an ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral

• Able to work to tight deadlines

• Knowledge of Xilinx FPGA SoC hardware and software interfaces

• JIRA

• GIT, BitBucket, SourceTree

• Defence background