Graduate Programme - Software Engineering/Data Scientist

Barnstaple (with a mix of office and home-based working)

We are SEA.

Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

Join us.

The SEA Graduate scheme is a two-year programme starting in September 2025, designed to give you real responsibility from day one.  It will provide you with general operational, customer, commercial and people management exposure in key areas with smaller rotations across Production, Business Development, Project Management, Supply Chain and Finance to build on your broader skills. 

As an SEA Graduate you will have the opportunity to become involved in real live client projects, learning as you go and making decisions that impact our business. You will have supported training workshops and development mentoring sessions to equip you with the skills you need to progress and develop your career within SEA.   We believe this is the best way to give you the knowledge and experience you need to grow, unlock your talents, and prove your capabilities.

As a Graduate Software Engineer you will perform Software Engineering (Design, Development, Integration and Test activities) for customer contracts across our business. You will work with the latest technology to help design and build innovative, efficient and secure systems.

What we offer

Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at our top benefits below and click here to see everything we can offer you here at SEA.

 All Staff Bonus, Hybrid / Flexible Working arrangements, Flexi Times, Half day Fridays, Social Events, Well Being day off

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing centre, Canada Life GP and financial advice
• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites, Free on-site parking, Onsite showers and toiletries provision

What you’ll be doing

• Research and Simulation
• Collect, analyze, and interpret large amounts of data
• Statistical analysis and mathematics Use machine learning and artificial intelligence to find patterns
• Software design.
• Software implementation and unit testing.
• Software integration.
• Requirements capture and analysis, liaising with the end customer.
• System and acceptance testing of software.

   

  Development may include:

• Web applications for desktop and mobile devices
• Cloud based back-office systems that perform complex data processing
• Database development
• Video analytics and processing
• IoT Edge devices
  
  
• Work individually and within a team of multi-disciplined specialists and engineering disciplines to achieve programme results and customer deliverables in a timely and accurate manner.

Skills

YYOu You will bring

• Seeking and share good practice and knowledge locally to continuously improve own practices.
• Providing input to Company standards pertaining to Electrical and Electronic Engineering including calculations, manufacturing drawings & schematics and technical reports.
• Assisting with supporting and maintaining existing SEA product designs.

The skills you need 

• A Computer Science Degree or a Physics or Maths degree  with Computer Science also considered
• • Statistical analysis and mathematics
• Programming and software engineering

• Essential skills include: Java, SQL (ideally Oracle), HTML5 / CSS / JavaScript, C#
• Desirable skills include: TypeScript, Kotlin, Progressive Web App, Hibernate, React, Spring, SVG manipulation, XML / XSD / XSLT/ .NET, MuleSoft AnyPoint, UML GraphQL Unity, Real Engine, Python, Linux

Join us and be part of something growing - with 450 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters. 

If you would like to know more, please email our Emerging Talent Team: 

Assessment Centres held in February 2025.

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