Rate: £50.00 per hour
Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’
Location: Bristol
Hybrid / Remote working: circa 4 days onsite
Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Interview process: One stage video interview
Project Engineer Job Description:
WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
Responsibilities:
The role is to support the delivery of integration tools to customers acting as the liaison between WSSE and Manufacturing
Working with Project Leads and development teams to understand the critical path activities to ensure we deliver on time.
You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to deliver the simulations and representations of real equipment.
The role requires you to deploy existing software packages provided to you from the software development team onto hardware.
You will be responsible for ensuring the relevant Safety and Security documentation has been followed as defined in the published design definitions.
The role may require you to support with documentation updates and supporting shipping and export functions (project dependant).
Skillset/experience required:
Familiar with COTS computer hardware
Ability to follow software load instructions to install software on COTS hardware
Familiar with operating systems such as Linux and windows
Ability to work with a diverse group of people to build relationships and solve problems
Ability to understand and support the delivery of plans so that delivery schedules can be kept.
Ability to work with stakeholders to provide solutions to problems with plans when they arise
Ability to use and manage simple databases for asset management and tracking purposes
Ability to conduct software tests on deliverable equipment using pre-existing test documentation
Appreciation for the importance of version controls
Appreciation for the importance of quality controls
Positive and professional behaviours
Proven ability to deliver to deadlines
Nice to haves:
Familiar with Continuous integration / development tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub) and the benefits to automatic build, test and deployment pipelines.
Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes
Understanding of software development practices
Salary description
£50.00 - £50.00 per hour