Communications Software Engineer

Job Description

Be among the first 25 applicants Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. The world around us is experiencing significant change, the greatest in generations. At McLaren Applied, we're accelerating the response to that change. Our vision is that our people and technologies will pioneer a better future. Our mission is to achieve breakthroughs in performance. We're at the cutting edge of innovation in industries including automotive, transportation and motor sport.

We create solutions that drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness. We want to help to reduce the carbon footprint and become more sustainable. This role is in the Connected Intelligence Business unit. Our products have been developed from Formula One technology to provide connectivity services and analytics to a range of customers, primarily in Transportation, but also in Industrial and Motorsport environments.

By applying our expertise, we deliver real benefits and pioneer a better future. Driving Engineering Excellence This isn't just about writing great code; it's about advocating practices that push high quality engineering. You'll be in a team reflecting on what went well and what they could have done better and turn those into learning actions. You will take pride in the solutions you and your team develop.

You'll be passionate about learning and continuous improvement, both for yourself and for your team. When you learn something new you will want to share it with others. You'll organize and encourage learning opportunities for you and others and will actively advocate the growth of the knowledge of those around you. Purpose of the Role You will become one of our key contributors who guide and foster innovation by developing leading edge products that span various market segments including transportation, automotive and motor sport.

You will work collaboratively to solve interesting and challenging problems in a cross functional team with other engineering disciplines including Data Scientists, Simulation Engineers, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, System Reliability Engineers, Systems Engineers and Hardware Engineers.

This role is based at our head office in central Woking. The role is included in our hybrid working policy with the expectation of a minimum of three days a week in the office, which should be co-ordinated with other members of the Engineering team.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Experienced working in and developing for a Linux environment
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals - the different protocol layers and what they're for, the basics of routing, flow control and congestion avoidance
• Proficient in developing Object Orientated applications in at least one language
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
• Ability to write and speak in English fluently

• Linux systems in C; familiar with the standard C and POSIX libraries including the socket API
• Linux core tools;
  Bash, GCC, make and Git
• Linux device driver or other kernel development experience, in particular working with the network stack

• Layer 1 and 2 networking knowledge:
  Ethernet, wireless protocols
• Developing wireless devices: wireless network behaviour, basic protocol knowledge, measurement and testing of device performance

• Building products on cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure and GCP and micro services
• Infrastructure as code (preferably Terraform and Terra grunt)
• Containerization and container orchestration (preferably Docker and Kubernetes) and related managed services (e.g. EKS).
• SQL and No
  
  SQL databases

• Message brokers such as Kafka and/or MQTT
• Designing, developing and creating RESTful web services and APIs
• CICD pipelines and test automation
• Front-end technology (e.g. Angular, React, Django)

Good understanding of agile or lean development practices

• Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay.
• Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working.
• Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary
• Opportunity to join the McLaren Applied Pension Plan
• Company funded individual private healthcare with the opportunity to extend to partner or spouse and/or dependents at a discounted rate.
• Ride-to-work with Evans Cycles - take advantage of the Government's Cycle-to-Work scheme which offers savings of up to 42% on the cost of a new bike, cycling accessories and components.
• Electric car scheme - opportunity to drive a brand-new car in a more affordable way through this salary sacrifice scheme. Employees are eligible to join the scheme after successful competition of their probationary period.

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