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Certain Advantage
Software Engineer (C#, / C++)
Bristol City Centre, Bristol
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 17 hours ago
- Salary
- £65 - Hour
- Recruiter
- Certain Advantage
- Closes
- 12 Oct 2025
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
Description
World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a C# Software Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.
Desktop C# is the expertise the department are looking for; with some experience with C++ but doesn’t need to be overly extensive.
Job Title: C# Software Engineer
Rate: £65.00 per hour
Overtime Rate: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
Location: Stevenage or Bristol
Hybrid / Remote working: The role will be a hybrid role of 3 or 4 days per week onsite
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
C# Software Engineer Job Description:
WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle.
The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
The role support the development of the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concept all the way through to in service support and training, using a range of simulation technologies, including digital twins and emulators.
Working with Project Leads and Simulation Architects to design and develop simulation components as an end to end representation of a weapon System in a synthetic environment using C#, C++ and integration simulations, supporting a number of industry standards.
You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to develop simulations and representations of real equipment.
Our approach to software development includes
Configuration control
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery or Deployment.
Unit testing and test driven development.
Skillset / experience required:
Proficient in C#
C++ experience would be great
Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse,
Ability to work from high level/system view into technical detail.
Knowledge of using Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems
Non-essential:
Distributed simulation standards / Protocols (DIS, HLA, DDS) and web services development (JavaScript, Node JS or similar) Military Communications,
Datalinks and Interfaces such as 1553/1760 and Ethernet TCP/IP
Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes
Ad ID: 5416939770
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