Job Description
We are looking for a Software Engineer to work 3 days on our Portsmouth site and 2 days from home.
The Modem team is undertaking the design and implementation of a satellite communications Software Defined Radio (SDR) modem. You will be part of a small multi-disciplinary team containing software, system, firmware and infrastructure engineers.
You will develop production test software to allow design proving and to allow validation of hardware manufactured to our own designs. Legacy systems exist to act as a starting point but changes in approach, in hardware used, operating systems and application software are all required.
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:
Produce a design for a redeveloped test system.
Develop software aspects for the test system.
Definition, design, implementation, documentation and integration activities associated with this.
Occasionally diagnose software problems in the laboratory prototyping environment.
Skills/Experience Required
Essential –
Proven modern C++ software engineering on Linux platforms to a high standard
Analytical mind with excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills as a pre-requisite of a collaborative team-working environment
Knowledge and application of GNU/Linux toolsets
Desirable –
Experience of automated test frameworks (e.g. Robot Framework, Google Test, Catch2)
Experience of Atlassian Jira, Confluence, BitBucket
Previous experience of developing software to control and monitor COTS test equipment (e.g. Rohde and Schwarz)