About AB Dynamics
AB Dynamics is one of the world’s leading specialists in automotive test systems, supplying a range of advanced solutions including driving robots, ADAS soft crash targets and driving simulators to all major vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers globally. The company's unique technology is used for many applications including the development of autonomous vehicles.
Roles Overview
We are looking for a full stack Software Engineer to help create and enhance our industry leading testing products.
The successful candidate will be expected work independently as well as being part of a team. They will enjoy the challenge of designing and implementing features that are used by customers around the world, in an agile working environment.
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Architect, design and develop new features across our full software stack, including front-end applications and backend services
- Drive development of our cutting-edge software products, from concept through to delivery
- Engage with customers during all phases of development
- Collaborate within an agile team of engineers to deliver high-quality, maintainable software
- Work alongside project engineers at our company sites, or at the test track
- Develop interfaces that visualise and interact with real-world system data, alongside the backend systems that acquire and process that data
- Solve challenging issues across the stack, from UI through to backend services
- Support commissioning of new systems, including debugging, diagnosis and rapid issue resolution
- Contribute to feature planning, roadmap development and technical decision making
- Support project planning and work estimation activities.
- Participate in code reviews and design discussions to uphold high engineering standards
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement
Essential:
- A strong technical background – typically an Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or similar degree (or equivalent experience)
- Experience with C# or a similar object-oriented language
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable:
- Experience with WPF or similar desktop UI frameworks
- Experience building robust, maintainable software using modern engineering practices (e.g. clean architecture, TDD, SOLID principles)
- Experience developing backend services (e.g. REST APIs) and working with data-driven applications
- A good understanding of the full software development lifecycle, from requirements through to deployment (including tools such as Git, CI/CD systems, and issue tracking)
What makes this role unique?
This role involves working closely with real-world engineering systems. You will be developing interfaces for products that operate in physical environments, where visualising and understanding data is key. This is an opportunity to combine software engineering with real-world physics and engineering.
We are part of the AB Dynamics Group, an innovative, dynamic listed business with a friendly and supportive working environment. In addition to competitive salaries, our attractive benefits package includes:
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, which increases every 2 complete years up to a max of 32 days
- Up to 10% matched pension contributions, with option to salary exchange
- Private Medical Insurance – Family cover (Company funded benefit in kind)
- Life Assurance 6x salary
- Option to join Critical Illness Insurance, Dental Insurance and Health screening
- Income protection (Company funded)
- Enhanced parental leave
- EAP including mental, physical and financial wellbeing support
- Enhanced sick pay after 1 years’ service
- Volunteering days – up to 2 per year
At AB Dynamics Group we set ourselves ambitious objectives and strive to work according to our values of customers, people, diversity, innovation, excellence and responsibility. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We do not discriminate against staff based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We use AI to help us assess applications fairly and objectively.
AB Dynamics is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced testing and development solutions to the global automotive industry. Our customers are vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers as well as Euro NCAP laboratories, vehicle proving grounds and autonomous vehicle developers.
Our businesses cover a wide range of testing and development areas. Together they help our customers achieve their goals in testing the performance, safety and comfort of their vehicles, developing the next generation of driver assistance technologies. We also provide driverless solutions in controlled environments.
