Working as a Senior Engineer, the job's main purpose is to support activities in the global telecommunications software arena, and to provide a competent level of software design expertise. Working as a team member, you will be responsible for performing all, or part, of the software development cycle (from investigation, specification, designing, documentation, implementation, verification to field trial assistance) for a given area of software development.
Depending on the structure and size of the team in which you are placed, you may be technically responsible for some junior software engineers within the team.
Key functions
Under the guidance of the Team Leader or Line Manager, the jobholder is expected to perform (but is not limited to) the following tasks:
Carry out, with minimal technical supervision, interpretation of architecture documentation and perform high, intermediate and low level designs, code and unit test activities.
Contribute to designs of intermediate and large complexity and size.
Provide advice to the team leader, line manager and / or project managers for project planning and budgeting etc.
Assist the other team members with their work, technically supporting some junior software engineers within the team.
Assist in identifying staff training and development needs.
Assist in identifying need for recruitment of additional members of the team.
Be a technical authority in one or more specialist areas.
To keep abreast of new developments and techniques in the software mobile communications field.
Timely provision of progress reports following the attendance of meetings and resulting from other activities undertaken as appropriate.
All work is to be of a professional standard, paying due regard to safety, efficiency, cost effectiveness, time scales and the needs of the company.
Skills and experience
A degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Natural Science, Mathematics, Engineering or any related discipline (an equivalent period of industrial experience may be substituted).
Between 5 - 15 years experience of real time and / or embedded software development.
Experience in a large number of projects and developments in three or more of the following fields: Mobile Application Middleware, Real-Time Software, Microprocessor-based Embedded Systems, Multi-Tasking Systems and communication protocols.
Ideally: experience of AT command set implementation and porting Application Middleware's on to protocol stacks.
Experience of GSM / GPRS or UMTS L3 protocols : MM, CC, SS, SMS, SM etc
4+ years of programming on C or C++
Ideally : use of Clearcase, ClearQuest & Cantata
Experience of cross-development environments
Experience of designing a software module or package.
Expert in one or more programming languages and development systems.
A competent level of presentation, communication and planning skills.
Self motivation and ability to work alone, managing own work and setting sensible priorities according to perceived requirements.
Strong analytical and logical thinking capability.
A good understanding of documentation requirements.
Ability to learn and implement Corporate business philosophies.
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