Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd Hiring for Software Engineer (GUI/UX Specialist) Job at Bedford, England Full Time

Role Purpose:

Blue Bear is a leading autonomy and unmanned systems company. We are continuously innovating within the core area of Autonomy and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS/UAV) such as autopilots, mission systems and ground control stations. We are searching for engineers to assist in the development of the next generation of our swarming UAV technology, including both onboard and groundside.

You will be required to support a mixture of R&D and product development activities within a leading autonomy and unmanned systems company. Blue Bear continuously innovates within the core area of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS/UAV) such as autopilots, mission systems, ground control stations, and all supporting systems and infrastructure.

You will be keen to get involved in all development areas, and have a good track history / proven track record in both problem solving and quality software development.

Your role as a Software Engineer (GUI/UX Specialist) be to act as an evangelist for good UI/UX design practices and how these apply to our complex systems and how they can be implemented using modern tools and techniques. You will be involved with prototyping, architecting, implementing and testing system software focused on our existing Java based HMIs and how they interact and drive our Ground systems as well as helping define the future direction.

Working as part of a team in a multidisciplinary environment you will have good communication skills. A can-do attitude and a genuine passion for innovative technology will be advantageous. The opportunity will enable the successful candidate to gain knowledge of cutting-edge autonomous systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Primarily, your role will be to architect, implement and test mission critical

applications and software for our existing and new products, written in Java

and C++.

• Ensure software redundancy, security and performance objectives are met.
• Proactively engage with other engineers, teams and leadership to ensure needs are understood and met especially with reference to HMIs, UI/UX
• Work as a team to deliver, maintain and innovate the UAV mission system and individual modules within the mission system.

Essential skills:

• Experience with one or more modern Object-Oriented Languages such as C++ or Java.
• Experience of building complex HMIs ideally using Java/Swing or JavaFX.
• Working knowledge of Linux.
• Solid software development practices including Source Control.

Other useful skills for this role:

• Interacting with Databases either directly or via ORMs.
• Testing and automated build experience (e.g. Maven)
• Use of frameworks such as MQTT or AMQP
• Team leading and mentoring junior engineers.
• Good communication skills for internal and external technical discussions.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required within the grade and level of the post.
• To actively participate in Blue Bear’s Performance Management Scheme.
• You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your evolving role within the company and the overall business objectives of the company.
• Some travel within the UK may be required.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bedford, MK43 7TA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bedford, MK43 7TA