Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth
Salary: £70,000 per year
Recruiter: Yolk Recruitment
Job Hours: Full-time
Remote: Work from home

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Software Engineer (Modelling & Simulation) | Python / C++ | Salary Up to £70,000 | SC Clearance Required | Portsmouth (Hybrid 2-3 Days per Week) | 1 Stage Interview Process

Yolk Recruitment are working with a Global Defence Company looking to grow their Modelling & Simulation Software Engineering team. They're searching for an experience Software Engineer holding SC Clearance to join on client site in Portsmouth.

If successful you will join an experienced team working on the development of innovative & modern modelling & Simulation technology for UK defence clients. They develop mainly in Python & C++, to be successful you will need strong experience programming backend solutions in at least 1 of those languages as well as exposure to Systems Engineering concepts such as requirements definition, requirements analysis, functional design/decomposition, enterprise modelling, test & acceptance.

They operate hybrid working with 2-3 days onsite in the Portsmouth area, less if the project allows.

This is what you will be doing:

  • Development of constructive and real-time Modelling and Simulation (M&S) models and scenarios using a combination of Python, C++ and custom scripting languages using object-oriented design techniques
  • Visualise analytical data extracted from these models
  • Work closely with the customer to develop threat laydowns and simulation capabilities representing advanced weapon system concepts, and implement those concepts.
  • Frequent communication across the engineering disciplines/technology areas with internal stakeholders and external customers.

The experience you will bring to the team:

  • Experience in object-orientated software design and programming using Python and C++ (or similar languages).
  • General knowledge of real-time target environments, including processor and network architectures, communication protocols and simulation frameworks.
  • Proven experience in design, development, test and integration of quality software.
  • General Systems Engineering skills (requirements definition, requirements analysis, functional design/decomposition, enterprise modelling, test & acceptance).
  • Active SC security clearance.

What you will receive in return:

  • Salary up to £70,000
  • Annual performance bonus up to 10%
  • Private medical insurance
  • 25 days holiday (Bank holidays on top)
  • Remote / flexible working options


About Yolk Recruitment


We are Yolk.

An award-winning multi-sector specialist recruitment brand, partnering with businesses nationally from our headquarters in Cardiff.

Through our partnership approach to talent acquisition, we help our UK-wide client base of SMEs to global brands find the permanent, contract, and temporary staff they need.

Whether it be 1 hire, 10 hires or 100 hires, we have a suite of services to suit. Our cross-divisional offering ensures we can embed within your business and offer you recruitment solutions across multiple fields of expertise.

We’re reshaping recruitment, and, because of the strong connections we maintain with some of the most exciting employers around, candidates can access amazing opportunities and clients can find the perfect fit.

Yolk’s founders set out to shake up recruitment by building an agency that would be known for its integrity, its people-focus, and its value-added delivery model. We think we’re there. Employers and candidates get the best recruitment experience. They’re understood. They're guided. They’re ahead of the rest.

And we’re developing all the time, building relationships, making the right matches, finding that missing piece. And it’s the way we do that – and do it intuitively – that defines us.

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That’s Yolk.

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