C/C++ Developer - Hampshire

CURRENTLY SEEKING A C/C++ DEVELOPER TO BE BASED ON SITE IN HAMPSHIRE, ON A 6 MONTH CONTRACT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE CLIENT.

Please find full details in relation to the role, as provided by the client for your consideration:

ROLE OVERVIEW

Part of the Software Engineering Team responsible for the design and development of the Client project. This will require experience throughout the entire software life cycle with experience in Iterative engineering essential and knowledge of Rational Unified process (RUP) desirable.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

The ability to define and elicit detailed software requirements is an essential part of the role and knowledge of use case modelling would also be desirable. The role will require close liaison with the requirements analysts and business analysts so strong communication and the ability to articulate design linkage to requirements is required. The ability to provide reasoned detailed estimates will be a key aspect of the role and working with both project management and other technical personnel will be on a daily basis.

Design knowledge is critical with a proven background in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) key to the expression of design artefacts with knowledge of design tools such as Sparx EA, Artisan, ROSE, RSA etc desirable.

Experience of both functional and Object Oriented Design and engineering essential as the product is evolving from following a functional to an OO design discipline. System level architecture is strongly desirable but essential knowledge in areas of multi-threading, interprocess communication and memory management must be demonstrated.

Working knowledge of, and a proven ability, to specify and conduct detailed unit and system integration testing is essential with knowledge of GoogleTest/nUnit (and derivatives) being strongly desired. Interfacing with test professionals is a required element of the role and the ability to review test collateral will be expected as part of the software engineering team.

The ability to conduct code reviews and inspections and provide constructive comments will be expected. A proven ability in problem determination will also need to be demonstrated with an understanding of debugging and fault finding essential.  

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

- Design (UML)
- UNIX/Linux
- Excellent Documentation Skills
- Good Communication/Meeting Skills
- C with a sound understanding of OOD 
- Analytical and fault finding experience
- Experience using configuration management and source control systems such as CVS, Clearcase, Subversion, etc
- Build tool chain experience (make/ANT)
- Unit test specification (GoogleTest/nUnit/cUnit/cppUnit)
- System level design and development experience
- X/Motif Experience

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES

- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong communication and meeting skills
- Problem solving   
- Analytical skills   
- Methodical approach, pragmatic