Software Engineer

Please note: This role will be onsite in our London office 4 days per week. Job Overview: We’re looking for a Software Engineer to take a key role within the software engineering team developing embedded software for a novel phased array antenna system for aviation, maritime and land satellite communication applications. As part of a Central London-based company, the successful candidate will apply their technical skills, ability to learn, and experience to work within the team to rapidly design, develop, and test embedded C firmware (at the baremetal, RTOS, or application levels). The candidate will need to be able to work through the full development lifecycle, from specification, de-risking, prototyping, development, integration, and testing. Technical Responsibilities: Develop functional, reliable, performant, and well-architected firmware in embedded C to deliver on specifications at the feature level. Develop new specifications for software features based on a good understanding of the System Architecture, System Requirements, schematics, and codebase. Adhere to and learn best practice software engineering methodologies and tools within the software engineering team. Work within Software team quality procedures. Work closely with other Software engineers and members of other teams to develop and test new software. Learn and develop technical skills. Organisational Responsibilities: Design, develop, code, test and debug system software Analyse and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources Support software QA and optimize I/O performance Interface with hardware design and development Maintain appropriate documentation Qualifications & Skills: Essential: Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related discipline with a significant software development content. Software development in C/C++ (2 years) RTOS and real-time experience (preferable) A commitment to continuous professional development, with a willingness to stay abreast of the latest advancements in software engineering. Desirable: Hardware debugging (logic analysers, oscilloscopes, debugger, trace, etc) Prototyping and bring-up experience ARM Cortex-M architecture (CMSIS) RF Communications Git JIRA Test Driven Development Experience developing software for a product with safety certification requirements Phase array antennas This role involves having access to information which is controlled under U.S. export regulations (EAR/ITAR). A separate check will need to be completed prior to employment offer.