Software Engineer

Kingston upon Hull
4 months ago
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Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

The Role:

This a 6 Months Contract Role.

You'll join Saab UK's Public Safety Solutions business unit where we develop and deploy Command, Control, and Communication (C3) and a team dedicated to developing mission-critical software solutions that help police, fire and rescue services, ambulance dispatchers, airports, and public transport agencies coordinate and respond to incidents that matter.

As a Software Engineer within Radio, you'll play a key role in building and maintaining our digital radio solutions, ensuring seamless, reliable, and secure voice and data connections across diverse and demanding environments. Your work will directly contribute to saving lives and keeping societies safe.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain radio software solutions.

Work with modern protocols and technologies (e.g. SIP and 3GPP)

Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver high-performance, scalable, and resilient systems.

Work with our partners and customers to build tomorrow's solutions

Comprehend an existing solution and work towards MVP´s

Continuously explore and implement new technologies that enhance our communication capabilities.

Participate in end-to-end system design, from architecture to deployment.

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential:

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar.

Experience with digital radio systems

Solid programming skills C#.NET Core and experience of DevOps.

A passion for developing robust, real-world software that helps people and communities.

Strong communication skills and an eagerness to learn and share knowledge.

Experience in multithreaded applications

Test driven development TDD

Source control as Git

Strong communication skills both with the team and externally

BDD

Distributed services

Team City (CICD) or similar

Desirable:

SIP signalling/RTP Realtime Transport Protocol

SQL

Docker

Wireshark

Linux

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview

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