Industrial Placement Sofware Engineer

Overview

In this Industrial Placement, you will help build and maintain knowledge management software for MOD partners. You will work within the Defence Analytics Group in Central London, collaborating across teams to prototype, design, and deliver a web-based front-end and supporting back-end. You’ll gain hands-on experience with C#, .NET, and SQL while supporting production runs and customer needs. This role offers cross-functional exposure and a clear impact on UK Defence information sharing and integrations.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• generous leave with up to 12 flexi-days
• pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution
• private healthcare
• mental health support
• flexible benefits up to 500

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Principal Software Engineer to prototype, design, and maintain the in-house front-end app and product website
• Support back-end database development, maintenance, and querying
• Participate in monthly production runs to deliver updated assessments to partners
• Provide ad hoc customer support for MOD stakeholders
• Travel within the UK for customer and delivery support

Key requirements

• Computer Science background or other STEM degree with strong programming emphasis
• Front-end development knowledge with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and frameworks (e.g., ASP.NET) and willingness to learn
• Software prototyping, design, and development experience; familiarity with C#, .NET, XAML, WPF
• Strong problem-solving ability for cross-environment integration
• Good communication and interpersonal skills for customer support
• Project management and organizational skills for managing production schedules
• Office-based work in central London
• Knowledge of SQL and database management is a plus (optional)
• An interest in aerospace technologies (nice to have)

• communication
• interpersonal skills
• problem-solving
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

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