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Renishaw

Software Engineer

Castle Donington, UK

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Role family
Engineering
Seniority
Mid level
Stated salary
£50,000 per year
Country
GB
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
2 Oct 2026

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the posting

Job Description

  • Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience
  • Location Castle Donington, DE74
  • Hybrid working 2days/week on-site

An opportunity has arisen in our Industrial Metrology group for a Software Engineer. The successful applicant will join a team responsible for maintaining and extending existing flagship software being used by leading manufacturers around the world. It would suit a candidate who is looking to expand their knowledge of Software Engineering who also enjoys the challenge of working with physical engineering teams.

As part of this role, the applicant will have exposure to Renishaw’s advanced probing systems and have experience working on Metrology software.

About the role

As a Software Engineer within the Industrial Metrology group your responsibilities would include:

  • Building Windows applications for use within the manufacturing industry
  • Maintaining, upgrading and extending existing production code
  • Working within an agile team to breakdown stories into manageable tasks
  • Writing tests to ensure products that are produced are of suitable quality

Key requirements

Our ideal applicant would have a number of the following key skills and experience:

  • Educated to at least degree level in a technical subject; OR the ability to demonstrate comparable applied knowledge and expertise to an equivalent level
  • Knowledge and experience of:

Legacy and modern C++

Legacy UI frameworks

SQL databases

Computational geometry and 3D maths

Using AI for safe and efficient code development

Willing to work within a team to complete tasks

Desire to continue to learn and improve through continuous improvement

Willing to travel with a full and valid passport and driving licence

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

Please click here for further information about our benefits.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.

Employment Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9891 Software Engineer (Open)

Original posting on Renishaw's site ↗

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