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Role: Software Engineer
Rate: £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months
Location: Farnborough (Min of 2 days on site required)
Job Specification
As the demand for products and services continues to increase, we are looking to appoint a Software Engineer to join our growing team of talented software engineers working on Synthetic Environment and Simulation projects. The team undertakes a variety of work, ranging from prototyping and concept demonstrators to large-scale systems in support of military training, testing, evaluation and experimentation, and across Joint, Air, Land, and Maritime domains.
You will be responsible for the development of situational awareness, role-player and interoperability applications for live training exercises.
Essential skills
- Strong problem solving and engineering skills
- Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle
- Experience developing training and / or simulation software in the defence or adjacent sectors
- Experience in design and development of complex software projects
- Experience of Agile software engineering practices, e.g. Scrum, CI/CD, TDD, BDD, etc., and Azure DevOps
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with customers, stakeholders, and colleagues, in person and in writing
- Development experience using Java, Spring & React
Desirable skills
- Development experience using C#
- User interface development experience
- Experience with distributed simulation standards such as DIS, HLA, SIMPLE
- Some understanding / appreciation or knowledge of synthetic environments, tactical datalinks (Link 16 or JREAP) and command & control concepts
- Experience with Live, Virtual, Constructive and Gaming training and simulation systems
- Experience with Maven & Ant
