Senior Software Engineer

at  Renishaw plc

Job Description
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience
Location: New Mills, GL12 8JR (Global HQ)
Hybrid working: Minimum 1 day per week on site, 4.5 day working week
About us
Renishaw is one of the world’s leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in high precision metrology, healthcare, and Additive Manufacturing (AM).
In our AM Division, we design, and manufacture AM turn-key solutions based on a process called metal powder bed fusion (or laser melting). Our products are used by customers in their cutting-edge engineering projects, in market sectors ranging from automotive to aerospace.
The AM Machine Software Suite (MSS) team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to participate in the full development life cycle of the control and monitoring software for the AM 3D printer. Our mission is to support the continuous evolution and innovation of the AM Machine, by delivering high value software solutions, against high performance and reliability constraints.
As a Senior Software Engineer at Renishaw, you’ll contribute to current and future generations of AM Software, while following Agile Software Engineering practices, tooled-up by automated DevOps. You’ll get involved in the development of software as part of the wider system, with opportunities to gain domain specific knowledge, collaborate in cross-discipline engineering, support R&D projects, mentor junior teammates, and develop your career in Software with a background of the growing body of knowledge that is AM.
As a business, we are continuously involved with R&D for new products so, from time to time, there will be a need to attend site to carry out certain tasks and we’re likely to ask you to attend more often during key phases of projects.

About the role

• Specification, design, development, continuous integration/continuous delivery and maintenance of software components
• Collaborate effectively within an Agile team, meeting quality standards, deadlines, and project requirements while maximizing value and efficiency
• Mentor and support junior team members, fostering their growth and development
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in AM software projects, contributing fresh ideas and solutions

Key requirements

• Degree in Computer Science/Software engineering/other relevant STEM degree
• Experience in a similar Senior Software Engineering role, working on a challenging and innovative engineering product
• Experience of developing performance-critical components:
• in C++ and other relevant languages

• multi-threading, cross-platform, inter-process communications

An understanding of Object-Oriented programming and SOLID design principles

• Experience with Agile development, DevOps practices and Test-Driven Development
• Knowledge of distributed version control systems, such as Git
• Knowledge of distributed software architectures, network communications and security protocols
• Experience with UML/SysML software design languages

Knowledge of the following would be advantageous, but not essential

• OS configuration, deployment, and network booting (WinPE, PXE boot, Win OOBE, DSC)
• Cyber-security at architecture-level
• C# .NET, PowerShell, Python, Matlab
• M2m protocols (OPC UA, MQTT)
• Modern client-server technologies/frameworks (gRPC)
• Continuous Integration pipelines based on YAML
• MS Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Jira and Confluence, Enterprise Architect
• MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering)
• Electronics/electrical engineering, communication protocols, industrial automation, and control

Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
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Employment Type:
Permanent
Time Type:
Full time
Requisition Number:
R6691 Senior Software Engineer (Open

• Specification, design, development, continuous integration/continuous delivery and maintenance of software components
• Collaborate effectively within an Agile team, meeting quality standards, deadlines, and project requirements while maximizing value and efficiency
• Mentor and support junior team members, fostering their growth and development
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in AM software projects, contributing fresh ideas and solution