World Class Defence Organisation based in Portsmouth is currently looking to recruit a C++ Embedded Software Engineer subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.

Hourly Rate: £70.00 (Umbrella)

Contract Duration: 6 months initially and then ongoing thereafter

C++ Embedded Software Engineer Job Description:

The team is undertaking the design and implementation of a satellite communications Software Defined Radio (SDR) modem. You will be part of a small multi-disciplinary team containing software, system, firmware and infrastructure engineers. There will be scope in the future to work on further developments as project needs arise.

You will research and develop aspects of modem products and associated communications systems, using your experience in software within complex systems.

Skills/Experience Required

Essential experience with -

• Modern C++ software engineering for target Linux platforms to a high standard
• Developing using Eclipse CDT running on a Linux based operating system
• Device management interfaces (eg SNMP, Web) for design, implementation and test
• Git for version control
• Inter-process communication and techniques
• Unit and integration test tools (eg Google Test, Robot Framework)
• Atlassian toolset (eg Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)

Desirable skills -

• Agile or Scrum working environment experience would be very beneficial
• System and software modelling tools such as Enterprise Architect (SysML/UML)
• User interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

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