SOFTWARE ENGINEER REAL-TIME EMBEDDED (CONTROL SYSTEMS)
PERMANENT ROLE COULD BE CONTRACT FOR THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL
GLASGOW OR HYBRID
ROLE
I seek a Software engineer who thinks like a control engineer — deterministic timing, signal flows, real-world data, not abstract architecture. Comfortable with the discipline that comes with safety-critical code. Has built real fire control, flight control, or precision motion control software in production.
To own hard real-time embedded code for fire control loop and beam director control. Deterministic threading discipline, bounded latency design, safety-critical code patterns. The hardware-software interface specialist on the team.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU / ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Hard real-time embedded systems development, deterministic threading discipline, bounded latency design
Strong C++ with disciplined patterns (MISRA or equivalent). Possibly Rust.
Real-time OS comfort (Linux PREEMPTRT, VxWorks, RTEMS, or equivalent)
Safety-critical software experience
Hardware-software interface comfort
DESIRABLES
Flight control or weapon control software background
DO-178 or DEF-STAN 00-55/00-56 awareness
Control theory depth
FPGA awareness
EtherCAT or TSN networking
Formal methods exposure