C++ Software Engineer

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About them

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and a leading player in Aerospace, Defence and Security. It is one of biggest suppliers of defence and security equipment to the UK MOD operating from 7 main sites across the UK employing over 7,500 highly skilled people.

About the role

They are looking for experienced software engineers to join their well established software community at their Edinburgh based site as well as in their brand new Newcastle office. You will help them continue their industry leading contribution to projects in their Radar, Advanced Targeting and Surveillance teams.

What you’ll do as a Software Engineer

• Develop embedded software, using RTOSs such as VxWorks or embedded Linux.
• Deploy software to multi-core or distributed hardware platforms.
• Work alongside systems and hardware engineers to develop working embedded solutions.
• Use C++ and other object orientated languages.
• Work to airborne software design standard RTCA 178C and coding standards such as MISRA C/C++.

What they need from you

• Industry experience in the full software lifecycle.
• Current or past industry experience in using C++ and/or C.
• Experience in OOD (Object Oriented Design) techniques.
• Working and delivering software using agile techniques such as Scrum, and tooling such as Jira / Confluence / Bitbucket / Gitlab.

Demonstrable experience in the following areas will help you stand out:

• Model driven development and configuration management toolsets.
• Experience in developing software for embedded systems.