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Farhat - 
Chief Software Engineer

Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

About the job

Main responsibilities

Involve in full software cycle starting from functional specification writing to software design, implementation and testing

Typical day

I am involve in full software cycle starting from functional specification writing to software design, implementation and testing.

So some days it is functional specification writing, some days software design and implementation and some days it is all testing

What do I enjoy about my job?

Solving new problems.

Challenging aspects

As the new features are planned for the software product, most of them are challenging problems from their inception to final release.

Why did this area of work appeal to me?

Software design and testing.

Skills/qualifications I use in my job?

Software design.


Career information

Brief history since leaving University

After leaving University I joined Industrial Control Systems in Sheffield as a senior researcher and programmer.

In Jan 2007 I joined Zuken Technologies in Bristol as a senior software engineer and progressed to Chief Software engineer. I still work in the same company.

Where do I see myself in the future?

I would like to be a Software Engineering consultant in EDA industry.


Last updated: 09 Jul 2017