IT & Software

Senior Embedded C++ Engineer

Alten

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this Senior Embedded Software Engineer role, you will develop mission-critical embedded software for high‑integrity systems in defence and regulated environments. You’ll contribute across the software lifecycle, collaborating with systems, electronics, and test engineers to deliver robust, real-time solutions. The position emphasizes safety assurance, determinism, and traceability in demanding, process-driven settings. You will shape dependable software that supports complex platforms and shields critical operations, in a role that blends technical depth with cross‑functional collaboration.

Pay / Benefits
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Cycle & Tech Scheme
  • Life insurance & Pension Scheme
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Social atmosphere, team buildings
  • Flexible way of working (role dependent)
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain embedded C++ for real-time, mission-critical systems
  • Contribute to 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 behavior
  • 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 and deterministic software
  • verification, validation, and requirements traceability

Reference: WJ-747_30219959

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