Junior Software Engineer

Junior Software Engineer Harrogate, England

Unipart Rail
Full Time Harrogate, England 26000 - 28000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Comms Design Limited is an exciting electronic technology company with a strong presence in UK rail. Since our acquisition by the multinational Unipart Group in late 2020, we are on a new growth trajectory, and to support this we are delighted to be recruiting for a Junior Software Engineer to join our busy team based in Harrogate.

This role is an amazing opportunity to learn industrial grade server and embedded system coding from a leading team of experts in their respective specialist fields. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will primarily be responsible for the design and implementation of software running on multiple servers and embedded platforms and will contribute to the company’s extensive software library. Reporting directly to the Software Team Leader, will work predominantly within the software team but will have the opportunity and backing to develop your skills further.

Key responsibilities of the role include (but are not limited to):

  • Designing, writing, testing, and maintaining software using C/C++ language.
  • Writing unit test software to support development and testing of new product prototypes.
  • Participating in formal software testing, including factory and site acceptance testing of products.
  • Documenting Applications and composing user manuals.
  • Maintaining Software Development records.
  • Participating in weekly team administration and engineering meetings.
  • Assisting in maintaining a positive, enthusiastic, supportive work environment.
  • Interacting with the Engineering Team, Operations Manager and Project Manager.
  • Liaising with the Project Manager to estimate development schedules and reporting on progress.

Candidates will ideally be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline, preferably electronics or software engineering. Non-graduates will need to be able to demonstrate strong technical contribution to practical engineering projects.


Experience and knowledge of C/C++ programming language, including an understanding of object-oriented programming techniques is essential in this role.


The following skills would be desirable:


  • Experience and understanding of GUI frameworks, such as Qt and QML (or similar).

  • Experience of distributed system programming techniques using server-client, sockets, or other communications protocols.
  • An understanding of SQL databases.
  • Experience with microcontrollers and embedded platforms, along with knowledge of electronic hardware.
  • An appreciation of software version control.


In return, you will benefit from monthly 1-1s with your line manager, a PDP designed specifically for you, twice yearly appraisals, Employee Engagement surveys, wellbeing events and employee benefits through Unipart Group.

Junior Software Engineer
Unipart Rail

www.unipartrail.com
Doncaster, United Kingdom
John Clayton
$100 to $500 million (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Unknown
Rail Transportation
1995
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