Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Stevenage, UK
Contract: 6 months
Rate: 53.51/hour PAYE (61.29/hour incl. holiday) or 70/hour Umbrella
We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.
Overview:
Hands-on role developing safety-critical embedded software for next-generation missile systems, covering the full software lifecycle from requirements and design to implementation, testing, and verification.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and verify embedded real-time software.
- Produce and maintain specifications, design, and test documentation.
- Debug complex issues and ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Work in a lab environment with live hardware and cross-disciplinary teams.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong C/C++ and bare-metal embedded development experience.
- Knowledge of requirements tools (e.g., DOORS) and configuration management (e.g., Git, RTC).
- Unit testing experience with LDRA, RAPITA, or similar tools.
- Familiarity with high-integrity software standards (DO178C Level B, SIL-4).
Desirable:
- Experience with defence standards, microcontrollers, hardware testing, and virtual environments.
- Familiarity with RAPITA, Ansys SCADE, or ALM tools (JIRA, IBM EWM).
