Graduate Electronics/Computer Science Software Engineer

About The Role

A unique opportunity to join a growing company developing exciting products in the 5G mobile infrastructure space. As a recent graduate, you will join an R&D team involved in the design, development, and manufacture of these products.

You will apply the skills learned during your degree to real-world applications. Working from requirements, you will develop software across the full suite: from firmware on microprocessors such as the Raspberry Pi using C and/or Python, through to GUI development using rapid development tools such as Node-RED.

The role involves working as a critical member of the team while also operating independently and helping to set direction for others. If you are a passionate problem solver who enjoys a challenge and wants to develop, this is the role for you.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage functional and non-functional requirements, deriving HLD & LLD designs for software development.
• Operate in an agile/scrum environment with incremental and regular delivery.
• Perform software development using a CI/CD pipeline.
• Develop test environments to facilitate automated testing.
  
  

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar STEM discipline, or proven development experience.
  
  

Desired Characteristics and Technical Expertise

• Experience across the full software development life cycle.
• Exposure to a variety of embedded platforms.
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Web development skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MQTT.
• Front-end/GUI building and app development.
• CI/CD with version control and code repositories such as GitHub.
• Scrum team development using Agile project management practices.
  
  

Business Acumen

• Skilled at breaking down problems, documenting problem statements, and estimating effort.
• Understands the importance of software quality, its impact on product quality, and the risk of brand damage.
• Ability to analyze design options and deliver the best solutions into products.
• Awareness of competitors and industry trends.
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving capability with a focus on effective solutions.
• Drives personal and team results through strong team spirit.
• A can-do and willing attitude.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary: £30,000
• Company pension
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Ongoing training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential
• Informal dress code and excellent work/life balance
• Reimbursement towards a professional membership
  
  

Security Clearance

The company develops solutions for military applications. Staff are expected to be able to obtain security clearance as and when required.

Role Tech Stack

• JavaScript
• C
• Python