Software Engineer

We 7re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our team in Fareham a distributed engineering team working on high adperformance, real adtime systems. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building robust backend software, working close to hardware and sensors, and creating intuitive user interfaces for complex systems.

You 7ll be involved across the full software lifecycle, contributing to both core system logic and user adfacing applications, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend software components using modern C++
• Build and implement algorithms that combine and process data from multiple sensors
• Develop and optimise real adtime image and data processing pipelines
• Create and integrate user interfaces using Qt and QML, connected to C++ backends
• Ensure high software quality through code reviews, testing, debugging, and performance tuning
• Collaborate closely with systems, embedded, and UI/UX engineers
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, and documentation

Required Skills

• Strong commercial experience with C++
• Hands adon experience with Qt / QML
• Background in real adtime, embedded, or performance adcritical systems
• Ability to work on complex systems that integrate software, hardware, and data
• Comfortable working remotely as part of a collaborative engineering team
• Experiance within Defence or Maritime industries

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor 7s or Master 7s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with sensor data such as cameras, radar, LiDAR, or similar inputs
• Background in image processing, computer vision, or perception systems
• Exposure to embedded Linux or low adlevel system integration
• Understanding of performance optimisation and multi adthreaded applications
• Experience working in regulated, safety adcritical, or high adreliability environments