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The company is growing their work focused on marine autonomy and machine learning, and need a software engineer to help us make this a reality. As a software engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and prototyping various embedded control applications. You will also be required to maintain existing software products and libraries, as well as write technical documents.
In order to be successful in this role, you will have strong skills in C++ developing with Python being an advantage. You will also need a willingness to continue to develop your skillset through mentoring and online courses.
The successful candidate will be required to have strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment. We are looking for someone who is detail-oriented and organised and can handle a variety of tasks in an efficient manner. You must also have experience or understand the concepts of the agile development cycle as well as standard quality assurance standards.
This role will offer you a flat organisational structure with engineers owning their respective systems, and the opportunity to remain involved in a system from its creation all the way through to sea-trials and sign-off.
The role may require you to be security cleared up to basic SC level as such you will need to be a UK national to be eligible to apply

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