Graduate Software Engineer

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Graduate Software Engineer

Vacancy Reference: 2023/CLA-194

Position: Full-time

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Salary Range: £28,000 - £30,000 per annum depending on relevant experience

At Callen-Lenz, we are expanding the limits of what is possible. We specialise in crewed and uncrewed aircraft operations and technology, and having recently received investment into the business we are going through a period of rapid growth and development and are looking for key roles to assist with these changes. Callen-Lenz offers innovative and customer focused UAS solutions through our 4 key business strands; technical services, products, platforms and operational services. We are looking for individuals to help drive forward our expansion, placing you at forefront of UAS development in the UK.

Our Values

• Teamwork
• Commitment
• Initiative
• Creativity
• Agility
• Integrity
• Enjoyment

Why Work for Us

Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, close to the Historic city of Salisbury you will join our rapidly growing, friendly and multi-disciplined team, working on a range of diverse and interesting projects, leading the way in this exciting field and witnessing the full lifecycle of our products. The Callen-Lenz team are passionate about what we do, and we are searching for individuals to grow with us as we expand into the aerospace industry.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way
• Pension Scheme via Royal London
• Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)
• Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Private Health Insurance via Vitality
• Enhanced Maternity and paternity
• 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year
• Access to an independent financial advisor year round
• Training & development opportunities

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to to support the development of embedded systems, flight control and ground station software. The role covers all aspects of Software Engineering including software design, software implementation and software testing. This is a hands-on role where you will see the outcomes of your work firsthand. This exciting role will place the right candidate at the forefront of unmanned air systems development in the UK. We seek someone looking to work with cutting edge technology on a variety of platforms for a wide range of customers.

Responsibilities

• Software architectural design.
  • Generation of state diagrams, flow charts, transaction diagrams etc, based on software requirements.

• Software implementation and test.
  • Coding in C and Rust.
  • Creation of test cases and plans.
  • Conducting testing and recoding of test results.

• Participation in design workshops and reviews
  • Review of colleague’s code and responding to reviews of own code.
  • Contributing to design workshops and reviews.

• Working within the company development processes
  • Using Jira, Gitlab, RUST and C.

About You

Qualifications

BSc or MSc degree in a Computing related subject.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Demonstrable knowledge of software engineering.
• Good understanding of one or more programming languages.
• Flexibility to learn new programming languages.

Desirable:

• Experience of C programming in an embedded environment.
• Knowledge of Git.
• Experience of programming for Linux.
• Experience of designing and documenting software
• Understanding of Real Time and Embedded software.
• Knowledge of Rust programming language or willingness to learn.
• General interest in aviation.
• Experience of MATLAB and Simulink

Personal attributes

• Must be a British citizen or have an existing right to work in the UK and have been a UK resident for 5 years.
• Ability to live near and work in Salisbury, Wiltshire UK.
• Ability to commit to occasional national travel.
• Good communicator.
• Excellent problem-solving ability.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Attention to detail and continuous test and evaluation at all stages of programming.
• Enthusiasm for their work and self-motivated.

Callen-Lenz is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. It is essential that the successful candidate must, by the start of their employment have permission to work in the UK. Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK will be required prior to commencement of employment.