Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

Wotton under Edge

up to £48,000 depending on experience

Renishaw’s Machine Tool Products leads the market in delivering innovative, high accuracy measurement solutions to CNC machining processes around the world.

The ongoing innovation of our high precision measurement devices has created a requirement for a new Senior Software Engineer to help us develop the programming and data analysis tools necessary to bring these products to market. This position will form part of a small team of software engineers, developing and maintaining software products written in C++ targeted at an embedded Linux platform. The team has an excellent working atmosphere and uses an Agile development approach.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of software applications and libraries
• Develop algorithms relating to geometry fitting and co-ordinate system transformations
• Assist in the requirement capture and specification of new applications
• Help deliver customer-facing applications
• Assist in the deployment of customer projects

Key Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a STEM discipline with strong mathematical aptitude
• High level C++ programming language experience
• Python programming experience
• Experience using and developing software for Microsoft Windows
• Experience of writing and debugging complex multithreaded applications
• Knowledge of ATL, COM, MFC and writing GUI applications for Windows
• Experience using the Linux operating system
• Experience developing software products for embedded industrial applications

Desirable Requirements

• CNC machine tool controller software API knowledge (Fanuc, Siemens, OKUMA and Mazak)
• Understanding of process control & metrology on machine tools
• Understanding of CNC machine tools and spindle probing
• Ability to write and understand G-Code programs for CNC machine tools
• Trained to operate CNC machine tools on the shop floor
• Experience of using CNC machine tool simulation systems

Person specification

The successful applicant will be a problem solver who works well in a collaborative/team environment. There is also an R&D element to the role, so scientific thinking is occasionally required. The role could develop to have some customer focus, so applicants should have a good balance of technical ability and assured presentation.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9678 Senior Software Engineer (Open)