13 hours ago
Guildford, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of a modular, scalable Python codebase.
- Define software development standards, coding practices, and architectural frameworks.
- Translate technical requirements into robust software architectures with software and engineering stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.
- Oversee integration of software drivers with testing equipment and laboratory instrumentation.
- Design data capture, processing, analysis, and reporting solutions.
- Optimise communication and data-processing workflows between hardware devices, test equipment, and networked systems.
- Support troubleshooting of complex software and system integration issues.
- Contribute to technical planning, risk management, and architectural reviews.
Requirements
- Extensive professional experience developing software in Python.
- Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, modular software architectures.
- Strong understanding of maintainability, extensibility, testability, and code quality principles.
- Experience defining development standards, coding guidelines, and software frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience mentoring developers and providing technical leadership.
- Understanding of software integration, data acquisition, and data processing systems.
- Experience in Agile or similar collaborative development environments.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant engineering field, or a relevant technical military background with equivalent hands-on experience.
- Experience with laboratory, testing, or measurement equipment is desirable.
- Knowledge of communication protocols and hardware-device interfacing is desirable.
- Experience with data-driven applications and automated testing environments is desirable.
- Familiarity with software controlling and acquiring data from oscilloscopes, analysers, or similar instrumentation is desirable.
- Experience in engineering, testing, validation, or product development environments is desirable.
Benefits
- Permanent contract in the South West UK.
- Flexible working, depending on the role.
- Private medical insurance.
- Cycle and Tech Scheme.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Life insurance and pension scheme.
- Ongoing learning, mentoring, and career development.
- Personalised career path and diverse engineering projects.
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team-building activities.
- The role may require Security Clearance and completion of Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.
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.