Junior Software Developer

Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) Overview 

ESUK has two sites as well as four wholly owned subsidiaries and two joint ventures.  In total, over 500 personnel are employed by ESUK, in high tech roles in the defence, aerospace and rail sectors. ESUK’s parent company is Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESL), listed on the NASDAQ and TASE stock exchanges as ESLT.  

 
ESL is a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programmes throughout the world. Developing and supplying a broad portfolio of aerospace, land and maritime systems and products for defence, national security and commercial aviation applications. 

  

Project: Selborne 

Project Selborne is a £1bn training contract with the Royal Navy as part of a consortia with Capita, Raytheon, Fujitsu and ESUK. ESUK will be adopting several legacy training simulators and technically refreshing them, whilst enabling continuity of service. The main locations are Bristol, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Clyde (Glasgow). 

 

Location - Bristol  

Reports to – Software Team Leader- FSS 

Direct Reports – N/A 

 

Security Clearance requirements: - 

• SC  

• British National  

• No Dual Nationalities (ITAR Constraint)  

 

Role 

The Junior Software Engineer is responsible for: -  

• Implementing sub-system emulations and producing framework software to interface and control third-party operational software; 

• Managing processes relating to software development and testing; 

• Set-up of test equipment including installation of COTS software/OS; 

• Deriving software requirements and tasks (initiatives, epics and stories); 

• Conducting integration between third-party, ESL and ESUK software; 

• Supporting software/hardware integration tests and trials reports; 

• Problem solving during tests and trials; 

• Any additional tasks to ensure the success of the role and support to the Business Unit and Engineering Function within ESUK.   

 

ESUK is a close-knit team, with team strengths coming from different cultures and experiences, and so a good communicator under time and delivery pressures, along with the added ingredient of location changes. ESUK is a fast-growing company offering fantastic long-term opportunities to employees. 

  

In line with ESUKs Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity & eligibility to work in the UK.   

Person Specification 

Role Aspect	Role Competencies
Essential Skills/ Experience	At least 2 years of experience in the development and the management of distributed, component-based software.  Knowledge of functional, imperative and object-oriented languages – for example C++.  Review and debug code – both your own and others’  Competent in problem solving and analytical techniques in a methodical and logical manner to solve development and integration challenges.  Experience with working on Windows and Linux Operating Systems.   Software Tools – Git, Jira, MS Visual Studio, MS Office, IBM DOORS/RQM/Rhapsody, Jenkins, WireShark.   Producing technical progress reports and test/trials reports.
Desirable Skills/ Experience	Experience in development of Interface Control Documents (ICD) and in implementing interfaces from an ICD.  Experience in working with UK MoD, preferably with the RN and existing maritime platforms and systems.  Experience in Training and Simulation.  Experience in working with Docker containers.  Experience in working with VMWare.  Integration, formal verification and acceptance testing.  Execute tasks in the software development life cycle (ISO12207 / Agile Methodology)  ISO Standards - ISO12207 (Software)
Essential Education	Bachelor’s degree.  Software, Electronic or Systems Engineering, Maths, Physics.
Professional Membership	Desirable - Member of IET, BCS or INCOSE (or willingness to join).
Practitioner Registrations	Desirable - Working towards CEng.