Overview
In this role you will develop mission-critical embedded software for real-time systems in defence and regulated environments. You’ll apply deep embedded C++ expertise to high-integrity programmes and collaborate across systems, electronics, and test teams. You will contribute to safety-focused practices, verification, and engineering documentation to ensure deterministic, reliable software. This position offers meaningful impact in shaping robust platforms and supports ongoing transformation in a highly regulated context. You will work onsite in London and have the opportunity to obtain UK security clearance, aligning with ALTEN’s mission to enable technological advancement with rigor and责任.
Pay / Benefits
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Flexible way of working
- Career development support
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded C++ software for real-time, mission-critical systems
- Contribute to development within safety-regulated environments, following high-integrity software practices
- Develop and integrate low-level software components and system interfaces
- Support unit, integration, and system-level testing to ensure deterministic and reliable behaviour
- Collaborate with systems, electronics, and test engineers to integrate software into complex platforms
- Produce clear and traceable technical documentation suitable for regulated engineering environments
Key requirements
- Strong experience with embedded C++ (C++11/14/17 or later)
- Proven background delivering software in defence, safety-critical, or regulated environments
- Solid understanding of real-time software constraints and deterministic behaviour
- Experience contributing to verification, validation, and requirements traceability activities
- Familiarity with configuration management and development lifecycle tooling
- Strong debugging and problem-solving ability within complex systems
- Clear and confident communicator across multi-disciplinary teams
- Detail-oriented, quality-driven mindset
- Strong ownership of technical delivery and accountability
- Embedded C++ (C++11/14/17+)
- Real-time software constraints and deterministic behavior
- Verification, validation, and requirements traceability
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