Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: In-office at Aviation Business Park, Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, United Kingdom; occasional UK and international travel required.

Company

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

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 requirements, architecture, implementation, integration, verification, validation, acceptance, commissioning, and in-service support.
• Produce technical documentation and maintain traceability between requirements, design, implementation, and verification.
• Work with customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams to clarify requirements, resolve issues, support demonstrations, and improve reusable components.

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, testing, source control, configuration management, technical documentation, and software test evidence.
• Understanding of requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, and controlled release activities.
• Logical and analytical problem-solving skills, initiative, effective communication, teamwork, and confidence working with customers and non-software disciplines.
• Ability to manage assigned work, report progress realistically, meet commitments, and adapt to different technologies and projects.
• Willingness to work alongside engineers and physical equipment, travel occasionally in the UK and internationally, and hold the right to work in the UK.
• Applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain the UK national security clearance required for the role. Additional nationality, residency, or export-control restrictions may apply to specific projects.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, defence, space, rail, energy, another regulated sector, or automated and special-to-type test equipment.
• LabVIEW/TestStand, modern C++ including 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/test-system cybersecurity, software safety, coding standards, regulated development, build/release management, or legacy software migration.
• Factory/site acceptance, 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 of 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.
• Work for a company focused on ESG, people, planet, and performance.