Principal Software Engineer in Luton, Bedfordshire

Principal Software Engineer

Luton

12-Month Contract

Paying up to £79p/h (Inside IR35)

Please note - due to the nature of the work, you will need to hold or be eligible to obtain a high level of UK Security clearance - please only apply if suitable

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the specification, design, coding, and testing of complex real-time embedded software in Ada, producing mission-critical quality software, to high integrity levels, company standard,s and customer requirements.
• Take ownership of complex tasks across the full software lifecycle from requirements to integration, testing, and delivery.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams, working closely across disciplines to develop robust solutions whilst maintaining independence in your work.

Required Skillset:

• Expert knowledge of the Ada software language, including OO design principles.
• Expert capability in debugging in an embedded real-time environment with a COTS RTOS.
• Good knowledge of UML.
• Expert knowledge of a variety of Verification & Validation techniques, and the value of each.
• Experience of requirements engineering, hands-on integration and target testing.
• Good knowledge of developing software within a mature development process framework.
• Defence / EW business domain experience - desirable
• Experience of Dimensions, DOORS, Rhapsody, VxWorks, AdaCore GNAT Pro & VectorCAST.
• Experience and understanding of development to RTCA/DO-178B or equivalent standards