Software Engineer ADA
Bristol • contract • £127k - £136k per annum

Software Engineer ADA

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Bristol On-site contract 14 Applications
£127k - £136k per annum
Full-time
Posted 09 Oct 2026
Expires 20 Nov 2026

Job description

Software Engineer (ADA) - Integration & Test


Location: Bristol
Rate: £70 per hour Umbrella
Contract Length: 12 Months (Extension Likely)
Working Pattern: Full-Time Onsite - Bristol, Filton
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Software Engineer with strong ADA development and integration testing expertise to join a leading defence and engineering organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, mission-critical software systems, contributing to the development, integration, verification and validation of advanced technology programmes within a secure and highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and verify software using ADA and associated toolsets.
  • Conduct software integration, verification and validation activities.
  • Perform testing and debugging on target hardware platforms.
  • Work with complex simulation environments to validate software functionality.
  • Support the full software engineering lifecycle from design through to test and delivery.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to resolve software and integration issues.
  • Ensure software solutions meet quality, performance and compliance requirements.
Essential Skills & Experience
  • Commercial experience developing software in ADA.
  • Experience using AdaCore toolsets.
  • UML and Rhapsody experience.
Desirable Experience
  • Knowledge of DOORS requirements management.
  • Experience using IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM).
Interested?


If you don't tick every box, we'd still love to hear from you. We're particularly keen to speak with candidates who have commercial ADA software development experience, even if they don't meet all of the listed requirements. Many of the additional skills can be developed on the job, so if you feel your experience is relevant, please apply and we'll be happy to discuss the opportunity further.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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