Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

The Role:

This is a highly varied role giving the successful candidate the opportunity to work across multiple projects and at all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle. This will include work on:

Research & Development – Internally and externally funded research and development products investigating and developing low TRL technologies.
Product Development – Development and support of Synoptix products, primarily in the AI  and Computer Vision (object detection and track) domains.
Service Development – Development of Synoptix services, including our upcoming AI Assurance service offering.
Engineering Services – Delivery of engineering services on behalf of clients, assisting them in the development of their solutions.
Key Responsibilities:

Leading Software Projects

Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop products and services. This will include Systems Engineers, Security Engineers, Product Managers and others as required.
Project planning, requirements definition and requirements analysis.
Lead software design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance for a range of AI and Computer Vision products.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance our processes, tooling, infrastructure and development frameworks.
Providing Software Engineering Subject Matter (SME) Expertise

Act as part of multidisciplinary teams in delivering engineering services to Synoptix clients.
Provide SME guidance to Synoptix clients on the architecture and design of their software solutions.
Provide technical documentation, briefings and presentations to internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Managing and Mentoring Staff

Provide line management for more junior software developers / engineers.
Contribute to the generation of ‘learning pathways’ for Synoptix engineers, providing a structured approach to their professional development at all grades.
Skills Required:

We are interested in any experience of the following skills, we would still encourage an application even if you have less proficiency in some of these areas:

Essential:

Creative problem-solving skills
Proficiency in Python with experience in C++ development
Experience with Linux operating systems (e.g. Red Hat, Ubuntu)
Experience with data analysis and manipulation tools (e.g. Pandas)
Experience working across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Experience of using the Unified Modelling Language
Excellent communication skills
Desirable:

Experience in the development of computer vision related products and services.
Experience with visual processing libraries; OpenCV, TensorFlow, PyTorch etc.
Experience in personnel management
Experience operating as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience developing and/or implementing reference architectures
Experience in the development of Test Harnesses
Experience in Model based Systems Engineering
Benefits:

Annual Company Bonus
25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Continuous professional development including incentives
Access to online Udemy training facility
Flexible working arrangements
Bike to work scheme
Electric car scheme
Private health care
Job well done scheme
Security Requirements:

Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept UK national candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

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