Software Engineer

Software Engineer (Embedded C, Airborne/Flight control software)

6 months initially

Farnborough with some remote working.

Advantage Resourcing are recruiting on behalf of a globally renowned aerospace client for a Software Engineer. You will report to the Software Team Lead, where you will be part of a software team continuing development and maintenance of Software for a state-of-the-art unmanned platform.

In addition to functional Embedded C experience, any experience in flight control systems and applying RTCA DO-178 would be advantageous.

You will be responsible for working within a team environment and assisting with delivering all stages of the design and development of the software, from identifying requirements, through design, programming, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

There will be a particular technical emphasis on the airborne software.

You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Tasks & Accountabilities

• Assist the Team Leader analyse and derive requirements from stakeholder needs or upper- level requirements, over the successive system decomposition levels.
• Assist with defining or amending requirements in compliance with quality criteria, avoiding over- and under- specification.
• Assist and Determine specificities of interface requirements.
• Assist in the Definition and justify the requirements allocation to the given system elements taking into account the architectural interfaces and constraints, (eg requirements constraining system architecture), ensuring requirements traceability.
• Assist with requirement changes, including impact analysis and requirements baseline establishment.
• Assist with Verifying that the sub-system, equipment and component's requirements are correctly and completely implemented.
• Implement design documents and software changes, including new and expanded functionality.
• Develop Airborne Software to appropriate coding standards.
• Ensure software meets requirements; comply with coding standards and unit test code modules using available test tools to determine static analysis of code implemented.

Skills & Experience

We appreciate that not everyone will have all the skills/experience listed below, and would welcome applications even if you do not meet all the requirements.

• Experience working with software development teams through the software development life cycle.
• Functional Embedded C for safety related/critical systems, preferably in the Aerospace sector.
• Python (for test scripts).
• System level interfacing with Complex Electronic Hardware (FPGAs etc).
• Embedded system experience with arm Cortex M series devices.
• Requirements, design, test and software process documentation.

Other Useful skills and experience:

• Experience in aviation, particularly flight control systems would be an advantage.
• MISRA-C coding standard
• Experience applying RTCA DO-178 preferred
• Doors experience
• Subversion SVN Tool experience (Change Control System)

Submit your CV now to be considered for this fantastic opportunity with a globally renowned client in Farnborough.