Prinicpal Control Systems Software Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd are working with one of the world's leading defence contractors for the recruitment of a security cleared Principal Control Systems Software Engineer to join their offices in Surrey

Principal Control Systems Software Engineer - Permanent - Up to £76,000 per annum - Surrey - SC Cleared - UK Citizen

Work on cutting-edge technology and capabilities whilst applying Control Systems Engineering techniques in a very specific fashion on strategically important National Defence Programmes.

To provide SCADA engineering excellence as a member of the Control Systems Software team delivering software design and development expertise for maritime control and instrumentation systems.

Your Benefits:

Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.

Flexible Benefits Package - choose which benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.

Employee Incentive Programme - exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel

Career Development - opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Your Responsibilities:

• Capture, interpret and develop customer requirements
• Produce detailed technical design documentation in accordance with company/customer procedures
• Specify, design and test solutions for SCADA Systems and operating systems using RedHat Linux
• Manage data communications with third party equipment
• Develop SCADA software from multiple design formats such as Block Diagrams, Flow Charts and Pseudo Code

Your Experience:

• Development Experience of Siemens (ETM) WinCC Open Architecture (OA)
• Specification and analysis of COTS equipment
• Experienced in the use of High Level Programming Languages within SCADA IDE environments such as; VB, C#/C++
• Oracle/SQL Database administration and interfacing
• Understanding of Functional Safety (BS EN 61508, 61511 or 62061)
• Software testing and verification
• Hands on knowledge of RedHat Linux operating systems