Senior Software Engineer - #1777606

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Working as part of a team, you will work across a product portfolio that encompasses cutting edge Land & Sea products and fulfil an integral software engineering role, involved in many aspects of software development across the full software lifecycle. Our products increasingly utilise Image Processing, AI and Data Analytics to keep Thales at the forefront of technology via diverse platforms such as System on Chip, Microcontrollers, Single Board Computers, through to HCI consoles. There exists opportunities across this spectrum from low level near hardware development to behavioural application and user interface layers.

Responsibilities

• In conjunction with your team, provide technical leadership and ownership for a software design
• Where required work collaboratively with other engineering functions to analyse solution/product level requirements and operational concepts and contribute to a solution level architecture
• Contribute to the development of software architectures that consider the constraints placed upon the system, write clear and concise software design definitions and record/capture design decisions/rationale
• Develop software primarily in C++ that follows software design and interface control descriptions/specifications and adheres to the software architectures written in UML
• Contribute to the testing activity appropriate to the products
• Proactively be part of an Agile Scrum team and contribute to Agile ceremonies
• Support peer reviews of others work and generation of materials for major gate reviews
  
  
  

Requirements

Ideally you will have:

• Developed with C++ language
• Have some exposure to RTOS/OS
• Experience of working with test frameworks (e.g. GoolgeTest, GoogleMock)
• Experience of working with static analysis tools (e.g. Klocwork, Coverity) and test coverage tools (e.g. Bullseye).
• Have some exposure to test automation/continuous build & integration
• Have experience of Rhapsody (or similar tool) and UML
• Experience in requirements management (e.g. DOORS)
• Developing software systems to meet international safety systems such as IEC 61508 or DO-178C is desirable
• Experience working within a software team in an Agile environment
  
  
  

Your Career at Thales

There is ample opportunity to develop your skills within Thales, developing from senior engineer, to senior technical roles (e.g. Software Architect or Technical Specialist), or management roles (Software Engineering Manager).

Training is provided through a mixture of mentoring, online and in-person courses. Thales actively encourages membership of professional organisations such as the IET, and will pay membership fees and support individuals to work towards Chartered status.

Due to the nature of the work the candidate must hold, or be able to pass, UK SC vetting.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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