Lead Software Engineer

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Location: Warton - we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793+

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting early software team formation such as organisational framework, establishing processes and tools are fit for software production, software sizing estimating, early software requirements, design and development concepting
• Leading software team including team management and team task planning & status reporting
• Leading team meetings / DSUMS / Agile reviews
• Design of TLS Software based on the requirements from the Systems Models
• Leading Software coding and testing including code reviews automated DevSecOps techniques
• Co-ordinating with TLS integration to ensure end-to-end functional testing of developed software
• Responding to both internal and external queries regarding the Software product in a timely fashion via the approved process
• Bug/Fault analysis and rectification

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Software development lifecycle processes for requirements, design, coding, test and delivery
• C, C++, Ada, Java, Rust or Go software development
• Development team leadership

Desirable

One of the following:

• Experience of developing real-time applications
• Database development and administration
• Knowledge and experience in Object Oriented design and Model Based engineering tools and techniques would be advantageous e.g. IBM Rational Rhapsody
• A working knowledge of the overall systems engineering lifecycle
• Military/Avionics subsystem knowledge
• Experience of Agile methodology supported by the Atlassian toolset would be advantageous
• Knowledge of the overall systems engineering lifecycle
• DO-178C and DO-330 familiarity  

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The TLS Foundation team:

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be working as part of the TLS Foundation Team to perform early software team establishment and mobilisation with a view to leading one Software Team, as part of a large TLS area, to develop, integrate and deliver the software across TLS on the FCAS/GCAP military platform.

This is an exciting opportunity to join FCAS/GCAP 6th Generation Through Life Services (TLS) Development as part of a major national and international collaborative programme which is critical to the future UK and International defence. You will be involved in different systems including safety and security related work and collaborate with other teams across the wider TLS & Software business.