https://jobs.co.uk/job/software-development-engineer-aviation-control-and-autonomy-thomas-search--3a82aad1-d56b-4be1-b42d-f6b701f7ddcc RSS feed for Software Development Engineer (Aviation Control and Autonomy) at Thomas Search. en-gb Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:32:01 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/software-development-engineer-aviation-control-and-autonomy-thomas-search--3a82aad1-d56b-4be1-b42d-f6b701f7ddcc https://jobs.co.uk/job/software-development-engineer-aviation-control-and-autonomy-thomas-search--3a82aad1-d56b-4be1-b42d-f6b701f7ddcc Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:52:44 GMT Location: Farnborough | Salary: 40000.00-40000.00 Annual | Type: Permanent | Software Development Engineer (Control and Autonomy) As a Software Development Engineer, you''ll play a key role in designing, developing and delivering autonomy solutions that support complex military aviation systems, helping shape the future of crewed and uncrewed operations. Day-to-day, you''ll take ownership of technical work packages, contribute to research and development activities, and support the integration and testing of autonomy and control technologies from concept through to live trials. Your responsibilities will include: Applying software and systems engineering principles to the development of control and autonomy solutions Leading or contributing to algorithm development for autonomous and decision-support systems Developing production-level autonomy software using C, ideally C++, with exposure to Matlab Analysing and modelling uncrewed systems within synthetic environments Supporting hardware integration, testing and formally assessed trials in the UK and overseas Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and external partners to deliver operational capability Essential experience of the Software Development Engineer (Control and Autonomy): Proven C program... Permanent