Senior Embedded Software Engineer – ADA/C++ | Edinburgh

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 30 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement and support sustainable transformation. Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.

Play a vital role in advancing one of Europe’s most important airborne radar programmes. This is a hands-on opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge airborne radar technologies used across advanced military aircraft platforms. You’ll be embedded in a multi-disciplinary team developing real-time embedded software using Ada and C++, contributing to the success of a complex and safety-critical system. This is a key role within a high-integrity environment, suited to engineers with a background in defence, aerospace, or other regulated industries. You’ll be supporting mission-critical radar functionality for a future capability upgrade on a nationally strategic aircraft.

Location: Edinburgh, on site

Clearance: Must hold or be eligible for SC clearance

Seniority: 8+ years’ experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop robust embedded software in Ada and C++ within a radar systems environment
• Produce clear documentation and maintain full configuration management of your work
• Deliver concise technical reports, documentation, and presentations to internal stakeholders
• Track project milestones and report accurate progress to Software Leads and Project Management
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including Software, Systems, and Integration engineers
• Investigate and resolve complex system integration issues within real-time radar environments
  
  

Required Skills:

• Strong recent experience in Ada development for embedded systems
• Proven track record delivering across the full software development lifecycle
• Familiarity with agile software practices (e.g. Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GitLab)
• Experience working in regulated industries such as Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, or Medical
• Strong team collaboration mindset, particularly within small, integrated teams

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Java as a secondary language
• Radar or sensor system domain experience
• Knowledge of real-time systems and safety-critical software constraints

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
  
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• a relevant technical military background with equivalent hands-on engineering experience
• Must be eligible for UK SC Security Clearance (Minimum 5 Years in the UK)
  
  

Why join us?

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities.

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies.

We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential.

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)