Knowledge, skills and personal qualities required:

• Proven ability to support or lead software developments
• Educated to Degree or equivalent level in a software engineering or related discipline
• Knowledge and understanding of Software Engineering
• Preferably have an understanding of military systems, in particular maritime systems
• Understanding of Open Systems Architectures and Principles
• Experience of Software Engineering Lifecycle processes and tools
• Ability to solve complex problems and to critically review results and methods to ensure quality
• Ability to expand knowledge into new domain areas, work across domains and see the bigger picture
• Excellent communication skills, including delivery of presentations
• Good written skills including technical report writing, ability to communicate with both experts and non experts
• Ideally the candidate will have experience in one or more of the following domain areas:
  • Maritime Combat Systems, integration of equipment and software
  • Command and Control Systems
  • Hardware and software network design, implementation and management
  • Acoustics / Sonar
  • RF communications
  • Autonomy, AI, Machine learning
  • Data management
  • Engagement modelling
  • Software Safety (DEF STAN 00-56 & IEC 61508 or equivalent)

Desirable primary software/system skills:

• Java / JavaFX / Netbeans*
• C++ / Visual Studio*
• Requirements management (DOORS experience desirable)
• UML / Enterprise Architect for system design
• Unit Testing / JUnit / CppUnit
• HMI design and development
• Atlassian Toolset
• Network protocols
• Databases
• ISO 9001 and TickITplus standards

(* A strong bias to one particular coding language will not be considered a disadvantage)

Other desirable software/system skills:

• Python
• Fortran
• Matlab
• LabView
• SQL
• Web (HTML, JavaScript)
• Usability Testing
• IT skills, protocols, switch config, hardware config, virtualization
• Agile software development