Graduate Software Engineer

Your code could help keep aircraft and the ground safely connected, on systems trusted by customers around the world. Start your career as a Graduate Software Engineer where the software you write genuinely matters.

As a Graduate Software Engineer you will join an established business that designs and builds the communications equipment relied on to keep passenger, freight and military aircraft safely connected with the ground, based in Lincolnshire. A growing workload across several high-value contracts, alongside the next generation of designs, means the software team is expanding. You will work under the guidance of senior engineers across the full software lifecycle, from design through to development, test and documentation, learning on real products that go out into the world. The aim is clear. You will grow from contributing under close guidance to becoming a confident, capable engineer trusted to play a real part in future designs.

Job Responsibilities

• Writing, developing and debugging software code for company products and their manufacturing test systems, under the guidance of a senior engineer
• Contributing to software design that meets defined project requirements
• Carrying out unit testing and debugging to confirm code performs as intended
• Supporting the test and acceptance team through integration, test and acceptance activities
• Developing and executing test plans, then writing up clear test reports
• Producing technical documentation that records how the software is built and behaves
• Taking part in software code reviews and acting on feedback from the team
• Putting forward your own ideas and improvements as your confidence grows
• Supporting wider departmental activities alongside senior engineers and the department manager

Skills and Experience

To succeed as a Graduate Software Engineer from day one you will need:

• A degree, ideally a first or 2:1, in software engineering, computer science or a related technical subject
• A genuine interest in software and engineering, shown through coursework, personal projects, internships or placements
• Some grounding in a programming language and the basics of writing, testing and debugging code
• A willingness to learn on the job under the guidance of experienced senior engineers
• An interest in developing knowledge of areas such as DSP, FPGA or embedded systems over time
• The ability to work well within a close engineering team and take feedback on board
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance

Pay and Benefits

Salary:

• Up to £35,000

Working Hours:

• 37.5 hours per week
• Flexitime with core hours between 09:30 and 15:00

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced pension scheme with up to 8% company contribution
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free on-site parking
• Option to buy or sell annual leave
• Liberty Days allowing short notice annual leave requests
• Long service and retirement awards
• Flu vaccinations
• Training and continuous professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support

Ready to apply?

Graduate roles that put you onto real, high-value projects this early are rare. From your first weeks you would be writing code that helps keep aircraft and air traffic safely connected, learning from engineers with decades of experience behind them. If you want to begin your career somewhere your work carries genuine purpose and your development is taken seriously, apply today and take your first step as a Graduate Software Engineer.