Senior Software Engineer

Continental Automotive Trading Uk Limited ,
Coventry, West Midlands

Overview

OUR COMPANY Continental stands for mobility, which we are creating and shaping with our ideas and solutions for our customers. Continental's Research and Development (R&D) division create, build and innovate the mobility of the future JOB DESCRIPTION The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for the development of complex firmware software solutions for vehicle diagnostic applications. Responsibilities Responsible for defining software design for allocated high complexity modules/ components/ functionalities. Responsible to analyse and create software specifications for assigned high complexity modules/ components Agrees technical content and terms of delivery. Responsible to define software architecture or contributes to the software architecture. Responsible for implementing high complexity modules/ components. Responsible for software integration activities for assigned projects. Responsible for creating test specifications and executing tests. QUALIFICATIONS You should be educated to degree level or have the relevant professional knowledge. Experience in software development including a similar amount of time working in a software support environment. Software development experience with a variety of firmware programming languages including C and C++; some knowledge of C# an advantage. Knowledge of microcontrollers and hardware schematics; basic knowledge of PIC micro assembly language beneficial. A strong understanding of object-orientation, design patterns, and unit-testing. Knowledge and experience of automated build and test tools Software lifecycle, requirement, design, code, test, deployment & maintenance, documentation. Development experience using development Frameworks such as .Net, Qt, Nhibernate. Experience of automotive diagnostic system development is an advantage. Working in an Automotive environment is desirable but not essential. WHAT WE OFFER A competitive salary package with annual "Value Sharing Bonus" A generous contributory pension scheme. Healthcare cash back scheme. 25 Days holiday Employee discounts on Continental tyres and other products. Death in service insurance. Flexible working. The Interior division specializes in information management. It develops and produces network, information and communication solutions and services for cars and commercial vehicles. This enables and optimizes the control of the complex flow of information between the driver, passengers and the vehicle as well as mobile devices, other vehicles and the outside world. The focus is on systems integration. In addition, the Interior division is involved in cross-sector collaborations with leading companies. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89869774