Project Engineer, Software Engineer

Morson are recruiting a Project Engineer on an initial 12 month contract to support our leading defence client. The Project Engineer will join a department specialising in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, as a result they 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.

- 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, Git Lab CI, or Git Hub) and the benefits to automatic build, test and deployment pipelines.

- Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes - Understanding of software development practices Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance