Senior Software Engineer
Job title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Rochester
Salary: Up to £80,000 depending on skills and experience
What you'll be doing:
Location: Rochester
Salary: Up to £80,000 depending on skills and experience
What you'll be doing:
- Development and implementation of embedded software, peripheral drivers, protocols, human-machine interfaces and associated supporting certification documentation
- Requirements analysis and definition, System/ Software Architecture/ Design, Modelling and Simulation, Systems/ Software Integration, Verification and Validation, Safety Critical Development techniques
- Peer review and technically guide the work of others, produce size / re-use estimates, reliably estimate your own work
- Liaise with customers on technical issues, define processes/ procedures, perform design review assessments, and make sound strategic technical decisions within your area of responsibility/ expertise
- Influence department productivity through Software process improvement/ automation
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a Scientific/ Engineering (electronics-engineering, software-engineering, physics, math's) environment
- Excellent Software Engineering skills, with significant experience in C/ C++
- Extensive experience of Software Architecture Design using UML or other recognised model-based design techniques
- Extensive experience of developing embedded software for bare metal systems or with Real-Time Operating Systems
- Extensive experience of interfacing software with hardware in a real-time environment
- Experience of developing Safety Critical Software within DO178B/ C guidelines
Desirable:
- Experience with software modelling tools such as Simulink or SCADE
- Experience of scripting languages such as MATLAB or Python
- Working knowledge of Git/ Subversion or other configuration management
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 Electronic Systems Team:
We support a range of commercial and military platforms, including fixed and rotary wing aircraft, ground vehicles, human-machine interfaces, and power management. Our systems operate in more than 100 countries with 25 air forces, 30 manufacturers and 280 airlines. Around 1,500 professionals work here, all focused on delivering innovation and outstanding customer responsiveness. We are a rapidly growing and successful part of one of the world's leading defence, security, and aerospace companies.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 4 th June 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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- Company
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Rochester, Medway, South East
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Posted
- Company
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Rochester, Medway, South East
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Posted