Embedded Software Engineer Contractor
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Job Summary
DEA Aviation is the UK-based lead operational company within the wider DEA Group. As part of a strategic corporate structure the Group includes European Specialised Aviation Operations (ESAO) a wholly owned subsidiary based in Malta.
Our technology is at the core of what we do.
We design and build integrated software and hardware systems that bring together complex sensor technologies and different technical standards.
The result: flexible reliable systems that perform under pressure and deliver on tight timelines.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be contributing to the design development and delivery of robust mission-critical systems. Building high-quality software collaborating with experienced engineers and growing your technical expertise in a highly regulated environment.
Taking ownership of your work contributing to team standards and continuously developing your skills while solving real-world problems.
You care about clean code reliable systems and delivering value in a safe and efficient way.
Our technology is at the core of what we do.
We design and build integrated software and hardware systems that bring together complex sensor technologies and different technical standards.
The result: flexible reliable systems that perform under pressure and deliver on tight timelines.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be contributing to the design development and delivery of robust mission-critical systems. Building high-quality software collaborating with experienced engineers and growing your technical expertise in a highly regulated environment.
Taking ownership of your work contributing to team standards and continuously developing your skills while solving real-world problems.
You care about clean code reliable systems and delivering value in a safe and efficient way.
Key Responsibilities
Software Engineering
- Develop and enhance core software applications using Bash Python and JavaScript.
Embedded Systems & Hardware Security
- Design and deploy low-level security architectures specifically implementing Intel Secure Boot and Arm TrustZone.
- Engineer reliable software connectivity and data pipelines between Intel host boards and Eizo (ARM/NVIDIA) GPGPUs.
- Design and integrate Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) solutions for robust hardware management.
- Implement Ubuntu and relevant driver infrastructure
Technical Operations
- Author and maintain comprehensive high-quality technical documentation for all engineered solutions.
- Act as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing ad-hoc mentorship and technical support to internal engineering teams.
Skills Knowledge & Expertise
- Hold a degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- Have a proven track record of software delivery from inception through to production and maintenance
Skills Profile
- Ability to obtain SC Clearance
- Experience with Python and building applications using React
- Working knowledge of relational and/or databases such as PostgreSQL MongoDB DynamoDB
- Understanding of software engineering fundamental
- Comfortable with AWS services (e.g. EC2 Lambda or similar)
- Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Some experience with Docker and containerised environments
- Awareness of CI/CD practices and automated testing
- Understanding of Linux environment
- Strong problem-solving skills and a lifelong learner
- Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively in a team
- Working within regulated environments
- A proactive mindset and eagerness to develop your skills
- Naturally default to data-driven decision making
- Champion engineering excellence leading code reviews shaping automated testing strategies and writing clean maintainable code
- Mentor and upskill mid-level and junior engineers acting as a technical multiplier for your team
- Architect and build reusable performant front-end components and drive front-end architecture using React
- Design and scale microservices-based systems and APIs proactively addressing latency reliability and system bottlenecks
- Implement robust system resilience (e.g. retries timeouts circuit breakers) and drive a security-first approach to development
- Define and implement observability strategies using modern logging and monitoring tools to ensure system health
- Optimise and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth predictable and secure deployment lifecycles
- Collaborate with product and design teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
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About Company
DEA and our sister company ESAO are a world leading specialist technology-led provider of complex aerial data acquisition services. A pioneer in airborne data gathering, DEA/ESAO use ground-breaking techniques and the most advanced and innovative technologies in the industry to help y ... View more
