Senior Simulator Engineer

The role of the Typhoon Active Cockpit Rig is to allow the pilot evaluation of the future design of the cockpit's Human-Machine Interface (HMI) in a realistic tactical environment, before the design is embodied onto the aircraft.

Responsibilities:

• Development of c/c++ code in producing cockpit HMI concepts / prototypes into the ACR.
• Ownership of given tasks, liaising with the internal customer to understand requirements / concepts and to demonstrate implementation through to completion.
• Managing work through configuration control (commiting / branching / merging).
• Estimating development activities, including progress reporting.
• Mentoring of early careers team members and code reviews.
• Continuous development / refinement of current development processes and technology.

Skills:

• Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ Years C/C++ experience working on complex large scale projects (preferably engineering projects).
• Significant knowledge of developing in a Windows environment (Visual C++).
• Excellent code navigation / debugging / 'figuring it out' skills.
• Highly motived and self driven.
• Significant experience of using configuration control toolsets.
• Mentoring early careers staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Due to the access to Caveat Material, the candidate should have British nationality only!