Software Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

This role is for a Software Engineer to work across our Design Services Contract (DSC) and R&D teams to develop complex Tactical C4i communication systems using engineering disciplines to deliver customer and end user focused design services.

As part of the Software Development Team you will develop, integrate and test software onto a variety of programmes, that meet customer needs to a defined quality standard within agreed timescales and budgets.

Typical day to day activities may include:

• Analysing requirements - designing and implementing software subsystem components
• Analysing and debugging software integration issues on target hardware and software environments
• Validating software designs against requirements and assumptions
• Working proactively with System Engineering and specialist areas (security, safety, human factors, support and training) to ensure software design and implementation meet its requirements
• Ad-hoc experimentation adapting software and configurations to support R&D activities.

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To be successful in the role we are ideally looking for you to bring a strong background in Software design, code, test and version control using current methodologies, processes and tools.

Also:

• Recent experience developing C# (including WPF and .Net) software applications or Windows components within a software team, with Microsoft Visual Studio. Ideally experience of C++, PowerShell, WinUI3, Azure DevOps..
• Strong Microsoft Windows Platform development experience including a good understanding of Windows Operating System architecture (including 64-bit), development frameworks, services, and security features.
• Be capable of analysing and debugging software integration issues on target hardware and software environment

Salary for this position is £35,000 to £43,000 depending on experience plus our excellent flexible benefits package.

We offer hybrid working - for this role ideally we are looking for an average of 2 days per week per month on site.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits: 

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off. 
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company. 
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits 

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email [email protected] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks