Contract Software Engineer (Ada) – Real-Time Embedded
Location: Luton (Hybrid – ~4 days on-site)
Contract Length: 12 months
IR35: Inside IR35
Rate: 57.72 p/h PAYE (66.11p/h inc. holiday rate) OR 78.70 p/h Umbrella
We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced real-time embedded Ada engineer to work on mission-critical defensive systems within a highly technical electronic warfare environment. This is a hands-on role developing, integrating, and testing high-integrity software that directly supports operational capability.
You’ll be trusted with complex problems, work closely with systems, hardware, and firmware teams, and play a key role across the full software lifecycle.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, debug, and test real-time embedded software in Ada
- Own complex work packages from requirements through integration and delivery
- Produce high-integrity, mission-critical software to defined engineering and quality standards
- Work collaboratively across disciplines while retaining autonomy and technical ownership
- Support current platforms and contribute to future capability development
What You Bring
- Expert-level Ada (including OO design principles)
- Strong experience debugging embedded real-time systems using a COTS RTOS
- Solid understanding of UML and structured design
- Deep knowledge of Verification & Validation techniques and when to apply them
- Experience with requirements engineering, integration, and target testing
- Comfortable working within a mature, governed development framework
