21 days ago
Glasgow, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded C++ software for complex safety-critical systems.
- Apply structured, model-based, and scalable software architecture approaches.
- Collaborate with systems and hardware engineers to integrate software onto target platforms.
- Ensure compliance with DO-178C, MISRA C/C++, and other safety and coding standards.
- Support system integration, verification, validation, and lab-based testing.
- Contribute to delivery and continuous improvement within Agile engineering teams.
Requirements
- Strong experience developing C++ software in embedded or safety-critical environments.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles.
- Background in defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated industries.
- Familiarity with safety-critical standards including DO-178C and MISRA C/C++.
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, and Git-based version control.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience from a relevant technical military background.
- Eligibility for or existing UK Security Clearance (SC).
- Desirable experience with UML or model-based development, IBM Rhapsody, requirements or configuration management tools such as DOORS or Dimension, real-time systems, embedded platforms, and software integration or lab-based testing.
Benefits
- Permanent employment with a personalised career path, mentoring, and career development.
- Private medical insurance.
- Cycle and Tech Scheme.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Life insurance and pension scheme.
- Social events, regular gatherings, and team-building activities.
- Flexible working arrangements where role-dependent.
- Based in central Scotland across multiple sites, with on-site work required three to four days per week.
About ALTEN
ALTEN provides engineering and IT services, including R&D outsourcing, product development, and digital systems consulting for major industrial and service-sector companies. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, it operates in 30+ countries and is publicly traded on Euronext Paris. Revenue model based on consulting engagements, managed services, and turnkey project delivery across sectors such as aeronautics, automotive, telecom, energy, finance, and life sciences.