Embedded C++ Engineer (Microcontrollers, Obtain SC Clearance)
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50000 - £60000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9JX |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4555347_1713890836 |
Summary
Embedded C++ Engineer (Microcontrollers, Obtain SC Clearance)
Chertsey, Surrey (3+ days in the office)
£50000 - £60000+ Excellent Benefits
Please note you must be eligible to for SC (Security Clearance) to apply for this role. That requires you to be resident in the UK for the last 5 years, with no trips of 30 days or more out of the country during that time.
Your new company
This leading Defence Contractor business are looking to bolster their Software team with an experienced C++ Developer. You will be working from their Chertsey site in leafy Surrey and will be required to work 3+ days per week in the office.
You will need to have experience with embedded design onto hardware with C++ experience. however, the design stage has already been completed for this project.
Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Engineering the role includes software design, development, and review for various systems, from small embedded single processors to multi-processor networked systems. Collaborating closely with systems and hardware engineers, you'll create multidisciplinary solutions, defining software-hardware and software-firmware interfaces. Ensuring technical requirements are met at every stage of design, integration, and ultimately leading to customer acceptance.
You will be joining a team of 4 and they will be the only software engineer on the project, so this is a really good opportunity to grow and progress into a Senior or Lead role.
As a small-medium enterprise, they benefit from having a flat organisation structure with only a few levels between a junior role and a department head, so you can spend more time with technical application and less time wrangling with red tape. It also means that your voice is heard and there is plenty of opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact upon the business.
Roles here present fantastic opportunities to be involved across the whole design lifecycle, and with such a wide portfolio of products and capabilities, you can expect varied and career-expanding work that takes you across different engineering domains and environments.
What you'll need to succeed
You must have experience (3+ years) working as an Embedded Software Engineer using C++ in a Linux environment.
You will have a passion using Microcontrollers and will have experience with Testing and Acceptance. A full understanding of the engineering lifecycle is also important.
You will ideally have knowledge of defence or MOD system gateways.
What you'll get in return
The benefits here are great. You'll work a 37.5 hour week but can condense your hours into a 4-day week if you choose. There is flexi-time and you can earn up to 24 additional paid days off per year (or conversely can work overtime). 32 days holiday+ Christmas close down for a week. There is private medical cover too.
What you need to do now
To find out more and to be considered for this position please apply directly, or contact Max Wilcock, Business Director on 0333 010 5724.
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