16 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 design 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, and validation in lab-based environments.
- Contribute to delivery and continuous improvement within Agile development 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 working with 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 technical military background.
- Must be eligible for or already hold UK Security Clearance (SC).
- Desirable experience includes IBM Rhapsody or similar model-based/UML-driven development tools, DOORS or Dimension, software integration and lab-based testing, real-time systems, embedded platforms, or complex system development.
Benefits
- Permanent employment contract.
- Based in the central belt of Scotland across multiple sites.
- On-site 3–4 days per week, with flexible working where role-dependent.
- Private medical insurance, cycle and tech scheme, employee assistance programme, life insurance, and pension scheme.
- Personalised career development, ongoing learning, mentoring, and diverse engineering projects.
- Social events, regular gatherings, and team-building activities.
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.