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

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