PROJECT ENGINEER (SW/HW) – CONTRACT 12 MONTHS – STEVENAGE Hertfordshire

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES

• Support the delivery of integration tools to customers acting as the liaison between Weapons Systems Engineering and Manufacturing.
• Working with Project Leads & development teams to understand the critical path activities to ensure we deliver on time.
• Woking 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.
• You will deploy existing software packages provided to you from the software development team onto hardware.
• Must be able to take software and install it onto hardware and manage this process. .
• 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).

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU / PROVEN ABILITY

• 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 understand & 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 & quality controls.
• Proven ability to deliver to deadlines.

DESIRABLES

• 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.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION: WE SEEK A PROJECT ENGINEER (SW/HW) WHO HAS WORKED IN A MILITARY / DEFENCE ENVIRONMENT / INDUSTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR WHO IS CAPABLE OF OBTAINING SECURITY CLEARANCE (SC LEVEL MINIMUM)