Vacancy Reference: 2023/CLA-237
Position: Full-time
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Salary Range: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on relevant experience
At Callen-Lenz, we are expanding the limits of what is possible. We specialise in crewed and uncrewed aircraft operations and technology, and having recently received investment into the business we are going through a period of rapid growth and development and are looking for key roles to assist with these changes. Callen-Lenz offers innovative and customer focused UAS solutions through our 4 key business strands; technical services, products, platforms and operational services. We are looking for individuals to help drive forward our expansion, placing you at forefront of UAS development in the UK.
Our Values
- Teamwork
- Commitment
- Initiative
- Creativity
- Agility
- Integrity
- Enjoyment
Why Work for Us
Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, close to the Historic city of Salisbury you will join our rapidly growing, friendly and multi-disciplined team, working on a range of diverse and interesting projects, leading the way in this exciting field and witnessing the full lifecycle of our products. The Callen-Lenz team are passionate about what we do, and we are searching for individuals to grow with us as we expand into the aerospace industry.
Our benefits include:
- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
- Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way
- Pension Scheme via Royal London
- Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)
- Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)
- Private Health Insurance via Vitality
- Private Dental insurance via Bupa
- Enhanced Maternity and paternity
- 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year
- 1 paid volunteering day per year
- Access to an independent financial advisor year round
- Training & development opportunities
About the Role
We are looking for a Software Engineer to support the development of flight control and ground station software using modern web technologies. The role covers all aspects of Software Engineering including design, implementation and testing. This exciting role will place the right candidate at the forefront of unmanned air systems development in the UK. You will work in a team of Software Engineers using technologies including JavaScript and Node.js to create a responsive, cross-browser compatible user interface to be deployed across multiple devices and operating systems.
Responsibilities
- Write robust, efficient and testable Front End Code using JavaScript, HTML, CSS and other modern web technologies
- Work collaboratively in a team to deliver software releases iteratively to milestones and/or deadlines
- Help estimate and refine software development tasks
- Ensure code quality is maintained by contributing to code reviews
About You
Qualifications
Educated to degree level in a computing related subject.
Skills and experience
Essential
- Significant experience working as a Front End Engineer on web-based projects
- Expert in at least one modern JavaScript library, eg React
- Expert in cross-browser and device compatibility
- Using the command line with tools including Node.js and NPM
- Collaborating with a software team using version control tools such as GitHub
- Handling data via APIs eg Rest
- Reviewing the code of other engineers using pull or merge requests
- Testing using tools such as Jest or React Testing Library
- Good working knowledge of styling preprocessors eg SASS
- Ability to write vanilla UI code including HTML, CSS and JavaScript without relying on frameworks such as Bootstrap
- Collaborating in a team using issue tracking tools such as JIRA, Confluence and CI/CD
- Creating new software features from user stories and meeting all acceptance criteria
Desirable
- Experience working on greenfield software projects
- Mentoring junior engineers on best practices and new technologies
- Working to pre-defined coding standards
- Solid understanding of accessibility and UX
- Working to a methodology eg Scrum, Agile
- Experience porting existing software to a new framework/library
- Previous experience or interest in drones or aviation
Personal
- Must be a British Citizen or have an existing right to work in the UK
- Ability to commit to occasional national and international travel
- Excellent communicator
- Excellent problem solving ability
- Ability to work well in a team
- Enthusiasm for their work and self-motivated
- Ability to hold Security Clearance – 5 years residence in the UK
Callen-Lenz is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. It is essential that the successful candidate must, by the start of their employment have permission to work in the UK. Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK will be required prior to commencement of employment.