3 days ago
Reading, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain real-time embedded software using modern C++.
- Integrate software components, algorithms, and third-party solutions into embedded products.
- Integrate software onto target hardware and support board bring-up and hardware-software debugging.
- Collaborate with systems, hardware, and software engineering teams on robust technical solutions.
- Translate system and functional requirements into software designs and implementations.
- Perform software verification, debugging, testing, and fault investigation throughout the development lifecycle.
- Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, technical decisions, and continuous improvement.
- Support Agile development activities across the software engineering function.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing real-time embedded software in complex engineering environments.
- Strong commercial experience developing embedded software using C++.
- Knowledge of embedded operating systems such as VxWorks, SafeRTOS, Embedded Linux, or similar RTOS platforms.
- Experience integrating software onto hardware platforms and supporting hardware bring-up.
- Understanding of UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, CANbus, timers, and interrupt-driven systems.
- Experience debugging software on target hardware and simulated development environments.
- Ability to work across the full software development lifecycle in a structured engineering environment.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.
- Experience in defence, aerospace, or other safety-critical industries is desirable.
- Knowledge of resource-constrained embedded processors, software architecture, technical leadership, mentoring, testing, simulation, emulation, and configuration or release management is desirable.
Benefits
- Permanent employment contract.
- Reading-based role with on-site work required two to three days per week and otherwise flexible working depending on the role.
- Private medical insurance.
- Cycle and Tech Scheme.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Life insurance and pension scheme.
- Personalised career path, ongoing learning, mentoring, and career development.
- Social activities, regular gatherings, and team-building events.
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.