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Job Title: Software Engineer Diagnostics Systems

Job ID: 12136

Job Location: UK – Crawley – West Sussex

Please note that onsite working will be expected for at least 4 days per week.

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris Training Systems play a key role on delivering the L3Harris Commercial Aviation Solutions mantra of ‘Creating Safer Skies’. From our computer-based solutions all the way to our state-of-the-art Full Flight Simulators (FFS), improving the training experiencing and creating safer skies is at the heart of everything we do. Our Fixed Training Devices (FTD) and FFS feature aircraft-specific flight decks, offering the form, fit, feel, and function of the actual aircraft. Our airline pilot training systems cover the complete training spectrum, whether its systems knowledge, procedure training or jet transition we have the solutions for your airline.

As a Software Engineer , you will be joining the Simulation Technologies & Infrastructure Chapter in the Software Engineering department. You will be responsible for undertaking tasks as directed associated with configuring, customising, testing. maintaining, supporting, modifying and developing the Diagnostics Systems on our flight training simulators. You will be working independently as part of a wider multi-skilled team and allocated specific tasks in line with project schedules.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days

• Private medical insurance with optional family cover

• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)

• Group income protection

• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

  Day to day responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

• Software configuration, customisation, testing, maintenance, support, modification and development

• Analysis of hardware systems and associated interfaces

• Support of Integration, Validation and Verification activities on simulators

• Support of Software Baseline Management activities

  Essential Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications :

• First-hand experience of software engineering activities in a commercial environment

• Ability to extract information from technical documentation such as schematic diagrams and OEM programming manuals

• A proven aptitude for problem solving

• Ability to read & write technical English

• Self-motivated and able to work with a minimal level of supervision

• Ability to communicate effectively with peers and supervisors

• Team player, open minded, proactive in moving the company forward

• Displays energy, drive, agility, and resilience in achieving work-related goals

• Flexibility in working hours as required to meet project needs

• Able to work effectively when under pressure

  Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications :

• Basic experience of the C programming language syntax and constructs (the diagnostics system uses a proprietary software tool that was developed in-house, this tool uses a programming language that is similar to C; please note that this is not a C programmer / developer role)

• Basic experience of Perl scripting (the diagnostics system also uses Perl scripts)

• Experience of use of software configuration management systems such as Git

• Awareness of flight simulator hardware systems and diagnostics tools

• Experience of the Atlassian toolset (Jira, Jira Service Desk, BitBucket, Confluence, etc)

• Able to work on customer sites, typically overseas for periods of up to 2 weeks

  Qualification and educational requirements:

• A suitable degree or equivalent (with mathematics, science or engineering content) or a minimum 2 years appropriate experience in industry.

Please note applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.