Simulation Software Engineer C++

Simulation Software Engineer C++ On-site, Corsham (SN13)

• Salary £35,000 - £55,000 DOE
• 25 days annual leave (inclusive of up to 3 days December shut-down)
• Buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance+ discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Multiple Save schemes
• Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Continuous Professional development support
• Annual Wellness Allowance

We are a technology company with a proud history working with Defence, Government and business in the UK and around the world. Our long-term customers include high-level Government departments, which rely on us to provide services and systems that are critical to our national security and defence.This is an opportunity to make an impact on a team that takes great pride in delivering the very best solutions in a role that really does make a difference of critical importance and as a software engineer you can expect to be involved insupporting ongoing maintenance and enhancement of mission-critical simulation software working as part of a dedicated team.

Activities will include capture and analysis of requirements or other change requests,designand development of the associated code, testing, analysing and updating the software and documentation, contributing to quarterly reports on development and testing activities, managing configured data and delivering each version on an annual release cycle.

The simulation software runs in a Windows environment, and is crucial to defence decision making. The role requires contributing to a rigorous development and test cycle that maintains high customer confidence in both the software and the team maintaining it, and developing modelling solutions to real-world developments.There is also an element of study work, using the software to carry out parametric study to answer customer questions or optimise modelling.The successful candidate will be a confident C++ practitioner, with the ability to work effectively with a demanding customer.The role is based in Wiltshire but may involve occasional travel both within and outside of UK.

Essential experience

• You have a physics or engineering background.
• You're an engineer at heart and enjoy the challenge of building complex software solutions
• You want to apply your natural ingenuity to solve challenging engineering problems
• You're keen to learn new technologies and languages
• You have a good understanding of computing fundamentals (e.g. logic, data structures) along with strong software design skills, including OO, and knowledge of version control systems such as Git
• knowledge of Visual Studio &MS Office Products.
• 2+ years experience of C++ development in Windows Environment.
• Object Oriented Design, and implementation of engineering algorithms.
• Requirements &Configurationmanagement.

Nice to haves

• Knowledge ofAnalysis tools such as MATLAB/Octave and/or R.
• Knowledge of powered flight and modelling of trajectory and guidance systems.
• Knowledge of weapon effects modelling.
• Knowledge of Numerical and Monte-Carlo methods.
• Knowledge of Radar and/or IR sensor modelling.
• Knowledge of Command and Control modelling.

• Youmustbe eligible to work and live in the UK
• Due to the nature of the projects youll be working on, youmustbe eligible to undergo and maintain appropriate UK government Developed Vetting security clearance

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