Software Engineer (Aerospace Test Systems)

Location: In-office at Aviation Business Park, Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, United Kingdom. Regular work alongside physical equipment is required, with occasional travel in the UK and internationally. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be eligible to obtain and maintain the required level of UK national security clearance; some projects may have additional nationality, residency, or export-control restrictions.

Company

hirify.global powered by Spherea is an international engineering and technology business providing test, quality, and validation solutions for complex and safety-critical products and systems, including aerospace and defence applications.

What you will do

• Develop software for automated and manual test, measurement, simulation, and control applications.
• Create test sequences, operator interfaces, instrument drivers, data-processing functions, diagnostic tools, and reports.
• Integrate software with instrumentation, data-acquisition hardware, switching systems, communications interfaces, and units under test.
• Participate in the full lifecycle from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, integration, verification, validation, acceptance, commissioning, and support.
• Perform unit, integration, and system testing; debug issues across software, hardware, communications, and instrumentation.
• Contribute to technical reviews, estimates, project planning, risk assessment, proposals, customer workshops, documentation, traceability, and controlled releases.

Requirements

• Degree, HNC, or HND in software engineering, computer science, electronic engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience developing software for engineering, industrial, scientific, or equipment-based applications.
• Practical experience with at least one relevant language or environment, such as C/C++, C#, LabVIEW, TestStand, or Python.
• Understanding of software architecture, structured design, debugging, and testing in a practical engineering environment.
• Familiarity with source control, configuration management, technical documentation, and software test evidence.
• Understanding of the development lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, and controlled release.
• Logical and analytical problem-solving skills, initiative in resolving issues, and the ability to understand complex technical information.
• Effective teamwork, written and verbal communication, and confidence engaging with customers and non-software disciplines.
• Ability to manage assigned work, report progress realistically, meet commitments, adapt to different technologies and projects, work alongside engineers and physical equipment, travel occasionally, and demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, defence, space, rail, energy, another regulated sector, or with automated or special-to-type test equipment.
• LabVIEW/TestStand, modern C++ including maintenance of C++14 codebases, hardware-in-the-loop, simulation, or real-time test systems.
• Data acquisition, signal conditioning, switching, instrumentation control, or commercial test instruments.
• Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, serial, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, CAN, ARINC 429, AFDX, or MIL-STD-1553.
• Multithreaded, event-driven, or real-time software; operator/HMI development; automated test sequencing; or results reporting.
• Relational databases, requirements traceability, unit and automated testing, continuous integration, design patterns, object-oriented development, or Windows engineering applications.
• Industrial or test-system cybersecurity, software safety, coding standards, regulated development, build and release management, or legacy software migration.
• Factory or site acceptance and commissioning, geographically distributed teams, or relevant Armed Forces technical experience in electronics, avionics, communications, weapons systems, test equipment, maintenance, diagnostics, or training, alongside demonstrable software-development ability.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive team with international reach.
• Attractive salary package with a pension scheme, including 4% employee and 8% employer contributions.
• Full family healthcare, family health cash plan, life assurance, and income protection insurance.
• 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Continuous learning and professional growth opportunities.
• Company mission focused on ESG, people, planet, and performance.