Job Description

At Leonardo, we are looking for multiple industry experienced Embedded Software Engineers to join our growing Software community.

What you'll do as a Embedded Software Engineer:

You will develop embedded software for a state-of-the-art radar platform. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with Electronic and VHDL/FPGA engineers to ensure the successful testing and commissioning of a complex multi-unit system. The work is innovative and challenging on cutting-edge Arm and Intel SoC platforms
Within the software engineering community at Leonardo Edinburgh, our mission is simple: "Deliver new features and enhancements quickly and continuously to keep our operators safe." That means we need to develop features, gather data, diagnose problems and deploy updates as quickly as possible. As a Software Engineer, you'll understand the value you deliver to our customers and how important that is to mission success.
Due to the nature of the work we do, remote working and working from home is limited.
Depending on your level of expertise, you'll mentor, coach and teach other software engineers, and actively contribute to sharing knowledge.

We need you to:

Show a sense of Community: You'll embed yourself within our community, and value the progress all teams make. You'll want to help others:

Be Adaptable:

You'll be adaptable to the evolving challenges our community face

Be Curious:

You'll be an avid learner and stretch yourself to deliver on our mission

Show Radical Candor:

You'll care personally and challenge directly

Be Passionate:

You'll show passion and purpose to succeed in our mission

Be Pragmatic:

You'll make pragmatic choices to strengthen our community and achieve our mission
What we need from you is applied knowledge and industry experience in:
Strong low level embedded C programming skills
A solid grasp of C++
Experience in testing and integrating software with firmware (VHDL/Verilog) and hardware
Excellent debugging skills and application of various strategies
Use of RTOSs such as VxWorks or embedded Linux
Deployment of software to distributed hardware platforms, multicore programming, memory management techniques, device driver development, code optimisation, interrupt-driven designs
A good understanding of electronics, schematic design and use of test equipment
Experience developing solutions for ARM and Intel based multicore processing platforms
Communication protocols (I2C, SPI, USB, Serial, Network, PCIe)
Familiarity with configuration management tools, defect tracking and peer review

Demonstrable experience in the following areas will help you stand out:

Working alongside firmware and hardware engineers to develop working embedded solutions
Knowledge of standards such as DO-178C and coding standards such as MISRA C/C++
Requirements management tools
Experience of Agile development and Atlassian toolset
Understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT)
Experience developing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
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Role tech stack
C


C++


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Culture overview
Life at Leonardo
With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.
Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, access to Mental Health support, Financial wellbeing support, network groups
Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (500 annual allowance)
Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below
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Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Learning Allowance
Life Insurance
Pension
Sabbatical Leave
Wellbeing Programme
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CITY CENTRE
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Leadership
Gareth Hetheridge
UK CIO
Tech overview
The ancestors of Leonardo in the UK, iconic - companies like Marconi, Ferranti and Westland - invented products, built expertise and developed the people that set the foundations for our company. Today, we remain as essential to the fabric of the country and the economy as we have been throughout the last century. Following decades of investment, we proudly stand as a jewel in the crown of British engineering, employing over 8,000 highly skilled people across the country. Our scientists and engineers deliver cutting-edge technologies, solutions and insights that underpin the worldleading capabilities of our Armed Forces and go on to be exported across the globe.
We are proud of our role in making Britain's advanced engineering sector one of the best in its class globally and of the tangible and substantial contribution we are making to the UK every day.
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Engineering principles
AGILE PROCESS
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CODE REVIEWS
COLLECTIVE CODE OWNERSHIP
COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
MENTORING
SCRUM
TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
UNIT TESTING
Company tech stack
ITIL


MATLAB


Linux


C


Python


C++


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