Senior Software Engineer

Acorn Recruitment Ltd ,
Yeovil, Somerset
Salary: £22 - £25 per hour

Overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a leading aerospace company in Yeovil. Senior Software Engineer required to work with current team on site in Yeovil. 1 year FTC possibility for permanent role for right candidate Role responsibilities : · Software Planning; be responsible for planning the development or verification activities for a project . Plans must satisfy the objectives of the internationally recognized guidelines RTCA DO 178B/C. Plans will typically be developed from a template, but may be modified to meet specific customer requirements. · Identification of skill requirements / training needs for the project and Identification of tool and resource needs for the project. · Plan for maximize re-use of existing work products and maximum re-use of products being developed · As Lead developer/verifier - Overall execution of the Software Development Process or Software Verification Process per the plan and applicable processes and standards · Plan updates as required and acceptance and approval of work-products generated by project subordinates. · Acceptance of system requirements allocated to software, Development of software requirements, Selection or development of software architecture, Development of software design, Software implementation and integration and establishing and maintaining traceability between the work-products · Verification of all work-products produced by the development process, verification of the traceability between work-products produced by the development process and generation of test cases at each test level to adequately verify the operation of the software and to obtain the appropriate test coverage. · Software Certification; For projects for which the candidate has been allocated the role of lead developer/verifier, (s)he may be responsible for: Generating the Plan for Software Aspects of Certification, resolving certification issues identified by the customer, certification authority or representative and generating the Software Accomplishment Summary . Quality, process and productivity improvements are eternal goals; to support these the candidate may be required to: - Investigate the causes of any software defects, report findings and recommendations to management and if necessary support process changes. The candidate may occasionally be required to provide support to customers (internal and external), possibly off-site. Qualifications / Skills required: · Degree (BSc) or equivalent in software development, maths or electronics preferred. · Significant experience of developing and verifying software for embedded aerospace applications · A thorough understanding of the C programming language is essential. · A thorough understanding of DO178B/C is essential. · The ability to read circuit diagrams or schematics and to use electronics development and test tools would be beneficial. Experience of using the following software tools or equivalent would be beneficial: - DOORS - ChangeMan Dimensions - ClearCase / ClearQuest - System Architect and / or Rhapsody - VectorCAST - QA C and / or LDRA Test Bed This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89720807