Software Applications Engineer

Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.

Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role:

To design and implement application and software solutions for underwater robotics applications in line with the company’s business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism. In addition, you will be tasked with designing and developing software for the next generation of underwater vehicles as well as supporting and developing on existing codebase and products.

Qualifications and Skills:

You will be a team player, who is proactive and able to to demonstrate experience in the following areas: 

• Familiarity in development of control software

• Solid understanding of software design and architecture

• Backend server design/structure

• Familiar with Standard Web Technologies

• Exposure to front end - Able to construct functional web pages

• Software Engineer with min 5 years' experience as an Engineer. 

• Preferably with a Degree in a relevant Engineering Discipline.

In addition, you will be Able to demonstrate software skills in some of the following technologies on both Windows and Linux:

• C++

• Javascript

• Python

• XML

• JSON

• HTML

• CSS

• Web backend servers (Angular, Django, NodeJS, React, Apache or similar)

• Web Sockets

• Docker

• TCP-IP / UDP

• SQL or other databases

• Dev tools (Wireshark, system log interrogation etc..)

• Databases

• Cyber Security

Desirable:

• Exposure to IP video and video routing

• Familiarity in design and testing of control software

• Familiarity with Systems serving Real Time Information via Web Sockets

• Use of DDS and interfacing with it

• Message Queues (Active MQ/Rabbit MQ/ZeroMQ)

• GUI Development experience (.Net GUI framework, Qt 6.2 or previous versions)

• Developing and debugging software for application software in Visual studio (2013, 2017, 2022)

• Customer facing API’s using web technologies

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.