Senior Software Engineer - Marine Training Systems

This role is based full-time on-site, working directly alongside customer engineering and assurance teams throughout programme execution. 

• Develop, modify and maintain software applications supporting training and simulation systems.
• Perform software testing, verification and defect resolution activities.
• Support software patching, server updates and system maintenance activities.
• Participate in system integration activities involving hardware interfaces, networks and external systems.
• Support software releases through established acceptance and deployment processes including FAT, TRR, TCR and customer site deployment.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues affecting operational systems.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and engineering artefacts.
• Support deployment, installation and troubleshooting activities at customer locations.
• Work collaboratively with systems, software, integration and support teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering and support processes.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety and security requirements

• Degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
• Equivalent industry experience will be considered where supported by relevant technical expertise and engineering delivery experience.

• Strong software development skills in C and/or C++.
• Software debugging, troubleshooting and fault investigation.
• Software testing and verification.
• Microsoft Visual Studio development environment.
• Windows operating systems and applications support.
• Configuration and version control using SVN/Tortoise SVN or equivalent tools.
• Experience integrating software with hardware interfaces and networked systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Technical documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• ADA development experience.
• Active Directory administration and support.
• VMware virtualisation technologies.
• Windows Server administration.
• Software deployment and release management.
• Training and simulation systems experience.
• Maritime or naval systems knowledge.
• Defence systems integration.
• Network configuration and troubleshooting.
• Security-focused software maintenance and patching.

• Significant experience in software engineering within a commercial, defence or regulated engineering environment.
• Experience developing software using C and/or C++.
• Experience supporting software verification and test activities.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing operational or deployed software systems.
• Experience working within structured release and deployment processes.
• Experience integrating software with hardware and networked systems.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex software defects.
• Experience working as part of multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Desired Experience:

• Defence sector experience.
• Maritime, naval or training systems experience.
• Experience within simulation or synthetic training environments.
• Active Directory administration experience.
• Experience working within secure facilities or classified environments.
• VMware administration or support experience.
• Experience supporting customer deployments and operational acceptance activities.
• Experience maintaining legacy software systems and mixed-language codebases.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Willingness to work within secure defence facilities and controlled environments.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites.
• Must be capable of working on operational support and maintenance activities for deployed systems.
• Must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive