Electus Recruitment Solutions
Software Engineer (C/C++)
Electus Recruitment SolutionsUnited Kingdom7 days ago
Full-timeEngineering, Manufacturing

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL/HIL) Engineers

Positions available:

  • Systems Engineer
  • Simulation Engineer
  • Software Engineer


Salary: £35,000–£55,000 Plus Bonus & Benefits

Location: Stevenage – 80% On-Site Working with World-Class Equipment


We currently have multiple live roles for this high-calibre defence company within their HWIL team to work on ‘firing missiles indoors’.


This well-established defence company that produces military weapons systems will reward your hard work significantly with bonuses, annual salary reviews and paid overtime among other benefits.


As part of the HWIL team, you will be responsible for building and designing the simulation as well as testing and analysing the system’s performance.


They are looking for a combination of some of the following skills:

  • Software design for real-time applications (C/C++)
  • System performance analysis, interface debugging and system integration
  • Inertial sensor design or testing
  • Understanding of microcontrollers
  • Knowledge of Linux


Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.


Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.


This is a permanent position.

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