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Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid
This is a fantastic opportunity for a technical software person - someone with a strong software engineering and problem-solving background, to take the next step in their career in becoming a Software Technical Specialist within the Software Expertise Group!
Salary: Circa £65,000 to £80,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: Typically, 3 to 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
The opportunity:
As a Software Technical Specialist within the Software Product Lines and Capability department, you will be working closely with the Software Technical Experts to provide essential support across the other departments within Software Engineering.
Reporting to the Head of Software Expertise UK, you will be providing specialist technical advice and support, implementation assistance, troubleshooting, and advisory services for our software products and capability. The Software Technical Specialist acts as an enabler between our Software Technical Experts group, the wider software capability department, and our functional technical development teams, to ensure our software solutions and delivery functions operate effectively and meet business requirements.
In undertaking this role there will be the need to identify, document and be a major contributor to developing our software capability, processes, and tools/techniques in the areas of real-time performance, safety, security, user experience, simplicity, reusability, and flexibility.
The role includes investigating low-level software technical problems and being able to formulate solutions, improvements, and recommendations.
Collaboration is critical within this role, working closely with other Software Technical Specialists, the Software Technical Experts, and wider engineering key contacts to delivery key capability into the functions.
You will also have the opportunity to influence the Software Engineering Technology Strategy, Software Product Lines, new technologies, obsolescence, and new methods and tools, by considering longer-term embodiment strategies through being part of the Software Expertise Group.
What we're looking for from you:
A strong programming background, preferably with experience in Ada, C, and C++
Familiarity with Model-based software development environments and tools such as SCADE, Rhapsody and Simulink, and auto-code generation from those tools
A strong technical practitioner with an analytical mind able to synthesise information, assess trade-offs, and present a clear technical position back to the business
Able to provide technical support, clearly articulate software technical solutions and collaborate with software developers
Knowledge of software continuous integration tools and process
An understanding of software abstraction layers and the software stack
Experience with the development of safety and security related software solutions
Knowledge of the Data Distribution Service (DDS) is desirable, but not essential
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