Software Engineer (SI)

Software Engineer (SI)
Duration: 6-month contract
Location: New Malden – Occasional travel to Broad Oak
Full time on-site, 37hrs per week

The opportunity
We are looking for a Software Engineer to develop and maintain a range of products that shape and bring together software used across Royal Navy fleet platforms. You will gain hands-on experience, support internal and customer testing, and help evaluate emerging technologies for potential introduction into a competitive product portfolio.

What you’ll be doing
• Implement fixes and functional updates to software products in line with project priorities.
• Carry out complex technical analyses and investigations, evaluate technical options, and prepare reports with recommendations to resolve problems and improve engineering capability.
• Prepare and develop designs in line with specifications, quality requirements and technical standards, including design appraisals in assigned areas.
• Investigate operational problems and developments, then create practical solutions independently or as part of a project team.
• Participate in the integration and testing of software products on local target rigs.
• Undertake the design, development, integration and testing of assigned software products, following relevant processes and quality requirements under the direction of Software Engineering team leaders.

What you’ll bring
• A software engineering background, with experience developing and testing in C#.
• Experience working in large, complex, multi-project environments with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, with the ability to investigate complex issues.
• Experience documenting low-level designs and the rationale for technical solutions.
• Previous experience of Agile development processes.
• Experience with WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), PowerShell, and unit, regression and system testing.
• Good written, verbal and presentation skills in formal and informal settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• The ability to communicate effectively with management and peers.
• Flexibility in response to changing tasks and priorities.
• A good understanding of the engineering lifecycle.

Desirable experience
• Experience in defence engineering or a related industry.
• Knowledge of the naval domain.

Eligibility for full SC clearance is required