Position Overview & Specifications
Key Details:
Location: Stocksfield (near Newcastle upon Tyne)
Hours of Work: Full Time
Salary: £30,000 to £40,000/year + Bonus, Pension and EMI Options
OpenWorks Engineering is a high-tech company based in the North East of England. We are supporting security and defence authorities with their mission to protect against the threats posed by drones – our SkyWall and SkyTrack technology is in use around the world. We require enthusiastic individuals capable of ensuring delivery of high-quality products for our international customers. We are proud of providing a fun and relaxed environment with flexible working where individuals can express their full potential.
We are looking for someone with a degree in Science, Maths, Engineering or Computer Science who enjoys writing software to solve real-world, technical problems.
The role involves a significant amount of time working with our physical products and so is primarily an on-site role. OpenWorks has a culture of flexible working (both in time and location) dependent on individual project requirements.
We Offer the Right Candidate:
- Attractive salary with bonus package (cash and EMI Shares)
- A high energy and dynamic work environment, based in the beautiful Northumberland countryside
- An environment with a positive culture - we enable change, encourage challenge and demonstrate commitment
- 25 days holiday plus Public Holidays
- Pension scheme, combined matched contributions
Main Roles and Responsibilities:
- Helping solve technical problems to support R&D activities
- Creatively designing and implementing new software features
- Supporting our customers as they integrate our product APIs into their software
- Helping diagnose problems as they are encountered by our customers
Essential Attributes:
The right individual will be someone with:
- Degree in Engineering, Science, Maths or Computer Science
- Experience of writing software, either as a hobby or as part of their degree
- A high level of curiosity and creativity
The ideal candidate will:
- Be a good communicator.
- Be willing to travel overseas for short trips to support our customers.
- Be able to navigate around and debug existing software applications.
- Possess the creativity to identify opportunities to improve product features and performance.
Desirable Attributes:
- Knowledge of one or more of Python, C++, C#
- Linux experience
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stocksfield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: In person