Salary:£40,000 - £65000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working:4 to 5 Days a week in the office
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship .
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...The opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a growing Test Equipment Software capability supporting MBDA's UK test and manufacturing environment.
Test Equipment Software plays a critical role in enabling the configuration, verification, validation and production testing of MBDA products. The software developed and supported by the team is used alongside specialist Test Equipment hardware to prove product conformance, support manufacturing output, investigate test issues and maintain reliable test capability across development and manufacturing environments.
The role is practical, varied and production (manufacturing) facing. You will develop, maintain, support and improve software used within complex test systems, including test applications, automated test sequences, diagnostic tools, equipment interfaces, data capture, configuration tools and software that interacts with hardware, firmware, operating systems and production test environments.
This is not a role limited to writing code in isolation. It suits engineers who enjoy solving practical engineering problems, working close to real equipment, understanding how software behaves in physical test environments, and helping build reliable, supportable and well documented test solutions.
The team will support both stability and improvement: ensuring existing Test Equipment software remains reliable and available, while identifying opportunities to standardise, automate, improve diagnostics, reduce recurring issues and strengthen long-term supportability.
What you will be doing
You may be involved in:
Developing and maintaining software used to control, configure, verify and validate MBDA products through Test Equipment
Supporting production & manufacturing facing Test Equipment software and associated test environments
Investigating software, hardware, firmware, configuration, interface and integration issues affecting test capability
Working with engineers and operators to understand symptoms, reproduce issues, gather evidence and support root-cause analysis
Supporting software updates, maintenance activities and controlled changes to Test Equipment software
Improving documentation, support notes, runbooks and knowledge capture for critical Test Equipment systems
Helping identify recurring issues, support risks, software dependencies and improvement opportunitiesWhat we're looking for from you:
We are looking for software or electronics engineer with transferable skills into software development and support for Test Equipment solutions.
You should have:
Strong ability to write software in languages such as C, C++ or C#
Some Python experience would be useful but is not essential
A practical engineering mindset and an interest in software that interacts with hardware, equipment, firmware, operating systems or real-world test environments
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, including the ability to investigate issues where the root cause may not initially be clear
A willingness to support existing systems as well as develop new or improved software solutions
A methodical approach to debugging, evidence gathering, documentation and controlled change
Good communication skills and the ability to work with Software, Electronics, Electrical, Manufacturing, Test, Validation and Product Design Support teams
An interest in mission-critical engineering where software quality, test reliability and production continuity matterYou will enjoy this role if you like solving practical technical problems, working close to real products and equipment, and being part of a team that helps keep critical test capability stable, understood and improving over time.
Useful experience
Experience in any of the following would be beneficial, but is not essential:
Test Equipment software or automated test systems
Software that interfaces with test instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, signal generators, power supplies, multimeters or similar equipment
Hardware/software integration
Manufacturing or production support environments
Diagnostic or data capture tools
Equipment interfaces such as serial, Ethernet, USB, GPIB or similar
Windows or Linux-based test environments
Firmware or embedded systems awareness
LabVIEW, TestStand or similar test toolsConfiguration management, version control or working in safety-critical, regulated or high-integrity engineering environments
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Salary description
£40000.00 - £40000.00 per year