Bennett & Game Recruitment
Safety Critical Software Engineer
Safety Critical Software Engineer at Bennett & Game Recruitment, based in Witney, South East England, paying £40,000 - £60,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £40,000 - £60,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Witney, South East England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Software Developer
30% below the typical rate for software developer
Reference 57552449
About the role
Job Title: Safety Critical Software Engineer
Location: Witney, Oxfordshire
Salary: £40,000- £60,000
Safety Critical Software Engineer required for a company in Witney that develops advanced assurance and safety technologies that enable the safe deployment of autonomous and AI-enabled systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems.
- Build software components supporting runtime assurance and autonomous system safety.
- Develop high-integrity software using SPARK Ada and associated toolchains.
- Support software architecture definition for certifiable autonomous systems.
- Contribute to the development of DAL-A and DAL-B capable software solutions.
- Support integration across mission computers, flight control systems and safety monitoring functions.
Required Experience
- Strong background in embedded software engineering.
- Experience working with C, C++, Ada or similar languages.
- Experience working within safety-critical environments.
- Knowledge of high-integrity software development processes.
- Experience with real-time or embedded systems.
- Familiarity with safety standards and regulated development environments.
- Understanding of software verification and validation methodologies.
Desirable Experience
- Ada or SPARK Ada development experience.
- DO-178C software development experience.
- Automotive (ISO26262 / IEC65108).
- Aerospace, defence or autonomous systems experience.
- Flight control systems or avionics software.
- UAV, UAS, drone or eVTOL platforms.
- Autopilot technologies such as ROS / ROS2, MAVLINK, PX4, ArduPilot or equivalent.
Salary & Benefits
- Salary- £40,000- £60,000
- 3 days (minimum) on site in Witney
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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Reference: 57552449 · Posted 26 minutes ago · Closes 22 Dec 2026 · Listed via Bennett & Game Recruitment
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