Software Engineer (C#/C++)
Posted 1 day ago by Certain Advantage
£65 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
Summary: World Class Defence Organisation is seeking to recruit three C#/C++ Software Engineer subcontractors for an initial 12-month contract. The role involves developing advanced defence systems and requires a hybrid working arrangement after an initial full-time onsite period. Candidates must be proficient in C#/C++ and have experience with simulation technologies. The position is classified as inside IR35 and offers a competitive hourly rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the development of weapon systems and system architectures across the full product life cycle.
- Integrate real products, models, and synthetic environments for visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation, and training support.
- Develop simulation components representing weapon systems in synthetic environments using C# and C++.
- Collaborate with Project Leads and Simulation Architects in an agile development team.
- Implement software development practices including configuration control, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and unit testing.
Key Skills:
- Proficient in C#/C++.
- Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse.
- Ability to translate high-level/system views into technical details.
- Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.
Salary (Rate): £65.00 per hour
City: Stevenage
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 3x C#/C++ Software Engineer subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.
Job Title: C#/C++ Software Engineer
Rate: £65.00 per hour
Location: Stevenage
Hybrid/Remote working: The role will be a hybrid role of 3 or 4 days per week onsite. The role will be needed to be onsite full time for the first 3 months and then will revert to a hybrid role.
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at 'time and a quarter'
Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
C#/C++ Software Engineer Job Description:
- WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we 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.
- 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
- Configuration control
- Continuous Integration
- Continuous Delivery or Deployment.
- Unit testing and test driven development.
- 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
- 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