Details:
- Salary: £53.73 - 70.90 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Barrow-in-Furness
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Principal Software Assurance Engineer / Software Support Engineer
Mostly working from home with occasional visits to Barrow, Bristol, Portsmouth, Frimley or Weymouth – 12 month duration – Pay rate £53.73 p/h PAYE basic (£61.54 including holiday pay) or £70.90 p/h Umbrella
We are looking for a Principal Software Support Engineer / Software Assurance Engineer to utilise best practice, professional engineering judgement and initiative to undertake tasks in production of system and equipment level software analysis and software support reports. The analysis will be undertaken in accordance with client processes. Activities will be undertaken working alone or in a team, with the support and guidance of the Engineering Manager if required. You will be working for our defence client on complex submarine projects.
Typical duties include:
Using client processes, analyse software products (COTS, Bespoke, Modified COTS) and derive software support strategies.
Review software source documentation, interpret technical information and derive written recommendations on how best to support the software product through life via the production of system level software support case reports.
Support stakeholder engagement and attend collaboration working groups in support of scope of work for maintenance design (software).
Provide software SME advice to the wider ILS community, and support mapping activity between the client software analysis outputs and other key ILS stakeholders and their support outputs.
Requirements:
Proven ability with various Support Engineering disciplines.
Proven ability in the analysis of complex systems.
The ability to analyse complex problems specifically related to software support, and identify the most critical support related issues.
Chartered Engineer or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience with an ILS software support / engineering background.
Understanding of JSP 935, DefStan 00-055, IEC 61508, DLF SSE or GP.2.11 desirable.
Additional information:
The successful candidate must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level.
This role will work Inside IR35 and can operate predominantly from home with occasional visits to Barrow, Filton, Portsmouth, Weymouth, Frimley or other clients sites as convenient for the candidate