C# Software Engineer

Location: Stevenage or Bristol, Full time on site initial 3 month period, then hybrid working

Duration: 12 Months initial

SC Clearance Required

Rate: £65 ph Umbrella

Overview of department:

WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.

Responsibilities:

The role support the development of the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concept all the way through to in service support and training, using a range of simulation technologies, including digital twins and emulators.
Working with Project Leads and Simulation Architects to design and develop simulation components as an end to end representation of a weapon System in a synthetic environment using C#, C++ and integration simulations, supporting a number of industry standards.
You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to develop simulations and representations of real equipment.
Our approach to software development includes:
o Configuration control

o Continuous Integration

o Continuous Delivery or Deployment.

o Unit testing and test driven development.

Key Skillset

Essential:

Proficient in C# / C++
Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse,
Ability to work from high level/system view into technical detail.
Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
Knowledge of using Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems
Desirable:

Distributed simulation standards / Protocols (DIS, HLA, DDS) and web services development (JavaScript, Node JS or similar) Military Communications,
Datalinks and Interfaces such as 1553/1760 and Ethernet TCP/IP
Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes