Senior Software Engineers (ADA 95)

• Develop, modify and maintain software applications supporting test & simulation systems.
• Lead or undertake software defect investigation, root-cause analysis and fault resolution.
• Analyse change requirements and produce engineering assessments, effort estimates and technical recommendations.
• Design and implement approved software changes and system enhancements.
• Undertake code reviews and provide constructive technical challenge.
• Support software integration across hardware interfaces, networks, operating systems and external systems.
• Plan and undertake unit, integration, regression and defect-verification testing.
• Generate objective test evidence and produce clear, auditable test reports.
• Maintain traceability between defects, approved changes, source-code updates, test evidence and release artefacts.
• Apply configuration-management and version-control processes to software and supporting documentation.
• Generate controlled software builds and prepare release candidates.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, including design information, configuration records, test evidence and release documentation.
• Support release reviews, deployment preparation and authorised deployment activities.
• Investigate and resolve complex issues affecting operational or representative test environments.
• Participate in sprint planning, technical reviews, peer reviews, retrospectives and backlog-refinement activities.
• Provide accurate progress reporting, including deliverable status, risks, issues, dependencies and planned activities.
• Identify and escalate technical risks and issues through the appropriate engineering routes.
• Support transition and knowledge-transfer activities where required.
• Work collaboratively with software, systems, integration, test, assurance and support teams.
• Comply with applicable quality, safety, security, software-development and engineering-governance requirements.

• Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
• Equivalent practical software-engineering experience will also be considered where supported by relevant technical expertise and evidence of delivery.
• Evidence of continued professional development in software engineering, systems integration, verification, configuration management or a related discipline is desirable.
• Professional registration or progress towards professional registration is desirable but not essential.

• Strong software design, development, debugging and maintenance skills.
• Demonstrable software-development experience using Ada 95.
• Software-development experience using C++ and/or C#.
• Ability to understand, modify and review existing and long-life software baselines.
• Structured software defect investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Code-review and peer-review skills.
• Unit, integration and regression testing.
• Verification of software fixes and production of objective test evidence.
• Software configuration management and controlled change management.
• Version-control experience using Git, Subversion or an equivalent repository tool.
• Software-build generation and release-candidate preparation.
• Ability to maintain traceability across requirements, defects, changes, source code, tests and releases.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux operating environments.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation, engineering assessments and test reports.
• Ability to estimate software-engineering activities and communicate assumptions, dependencies and technical risks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Clear written and verbal technical communication.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Ability to work within formal engineering-governance, configuration-control and security processes.
• Ability to deliver work through sprint-based or iterative engineering processes.

• Significant experience delivering software engineering within a commercial, defence, aerospace, maritime or other regulated engineering environment.
• Experience developing, maintaining or supporting software using Ada 95.
• Experience developing or maintaining software using C++ and/or C#.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing operational, deployed or long-life software systems.
• Experience working with mixed-language software baselines.
• Experience investigating and resolving complex software defects.
• Experience undertaking structured root-cause analysis.
• Experience designing and implementing approved software changes.
• Experience working under formal change-control and configuration-management arrangements.
• Experience conducting code reviews and technical peer reviews.
• Experience with unit, integration, regression and defect-verification testing.
• Experience generating objective test evidence and formal test reports.
• Experience producing controlled software builds and supporting release activities.
• Experience preparing release notes, deployment information or other release artefacts.
• Experience integrating software with hardware interfaces, operating systems, networks or external systems.
• Experience producing and maintaining controlled technical documentation.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Experience communicating technical findings, estimates, risks and recommendations to engineering stakeholders.
• Experience working within sprint-based or iterative delivery environments.
• Experience supporting software deployment and post-deployment regression testing.
• Experience operating within secure facilities or controlled engineering environments.
• Experience of test & simulation systems is desirable.
• Experience of defence, maritime, training or synthetic-environment systems is desirable.
• Experience using Jira or an equivalent backlog and defect-management tool is desirable.
• Experience using Teamcenter or an equivalent product-lifecycle or workflow-management tool is desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory-integrated environments is desirable.
• Experience diagnosing IP networking, multihomed computer or basic network-switch configuration issues is desirable.
• Experience using PXE or an equivalent network deployment method is desirable.
• Experience using Symantec Ghost or equivalent system-imaging and recovery tools is desirable.
• Experience supporting infrastructure upgrades and deployed computing environments is desirable.
• Experience working with technical authorities, design authorities or assurance teams is desirable.
• Experience troubleshooting software deployed across networked computer systems.

• 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