Senior/Principal Test Systems Software Engineer (C Programming, NI LabWindows, CVI, TestStand) – £65k/£55 per hour (Outside IR35) – Edinburgh

In this role the Senior/Principal Test Systems Software Engineer (C Programming, NI LabWindows, CVI, TestStand) will perform the following duties:

• Software development may include the full software lifecycle from requirements analysis; through design, coding and unit test; to integrating the software with the hardware target; and lastly to acceptance test and delivery to the customer
• As a software engineer, you are responsible for creating high quality and robust code; for fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and reports on progress to your line manager
• Completing tasks in accordance with appropriate processes and procedures
• Contributing to engineering process improvement
• You will work closely with Hardware and Firmware engineers to solve real integration problems on test systems

Your focus will be:

• Degree qualified in Software Engineering or related science or equivalent work experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Capable of adapting to different contexts and situations
• Programming in C language
• NI LabWindows/CVI and TestStand
• Low Level Driver Development
• Good knowledge of developing software within a development process framework
• Able to demonstrate experience in most areas of the software lifecycle from requirements definition through to implementation, integration test and delivery
• For Principal engineer – Mentor, coach and develop more junior members of the team in order to develop overall capability

If you are looking for a role which is highly interesting and has excellent career progression and satisfaction, please read on the whole advert, and apply with your CV.

Nice to have skills of the ADA Software engineer (Low Level Software Design):

• Knowledge of LabVIEW and LabVIEW FPGA would be beneficial
• Developing software for test system environments. RF test system environment experience would be beneficial
• Good understanding of Software Configuration Management tools e.g. Dimensions would be beneficial
• Knowledge of Requirements management tools such as DOORS would be an advantage but not essential

Remuneration Offered:

Permanent:

• Salary £35,000 – £65,000 (depending on Candidate Experience) + Benefits
• UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

Or

Contract

• £35 – £55 per hour (Outside IR35)
• UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

My client wants to have offered the role to the successful candidate within weeks so if you are interested, please don’t hesitate to contact me. My client offers a 3-stage process that can be completed within 2 weeks subject to your availability.