Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer - Electric Drive Systems

Key Details

• Location: Norfolk
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday)
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid options available, though typically require 3-4 days per week on-site to facilitate collaborative and hands-on engineering activities.
• Interview Process: 1.
  Stage 1: Microsoft Teams interview
  Stage 2: On-site interview

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and delivery of Embedded software solutions for innovative electric drive systems.

Operating within a fast-paced, small-to-medium engineering environment, you will provide critical technical leadership across all software development activities. You will lead a dedicated team of software engineers across BSW and Application Software, defining software architecture and driving robust planning, documentation, and organisation. You'll collaborate closely with systems, electronics, mechanical, and test teams to bring advanced electric drive technologies from concept through to validation and production.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Lead the design and development of Embedded software for electric drive systems (including BSW, Application Software, motor/charging/DC-DC control, diagnostics, and system functions). Define, maintain, and own the software architecture aligned with product requirements.
• Team Management & Mentorship: Lead, organize, and mentor software engineers, promoting best practices across development, planning, and documentation. Allocate daily activities and support capability growth.
• Lifecycle & Process Ownership: Oversee the full software life cycle-from requirements through implementation, verification, validation, and release. Define tools, methods, and ASPICE-aligned development processes.
• Hands-on Development: Develop and review high-quality Embedded software using model-based development, autocode, and manual coding.
• Integration & Testing: Lead software integration with hardware platforms and Embedded targets. Support prototype and validation activities, including bench, HIL, and dynamometer testing.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive automated testing, version control, continuous integration, and configuration management. Ensure compliance with standards like ISO 26262, MISRA C, and functional safety principles.

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Electric Drive Expertise: Proven mastery in developing, optimizing, and maintaining Embedded software for electric drive systems (BSW, Application Software, motor/inverter/DC-DC control algorithms, and Real Time systems).
• Leadership Capability: Track record of leading software engineering teams, allocating work, organizing activities, and delivering high-quality, reliable solutions.
• Delivery Management: Strong capability in software planning, requirements tracking, architecture definition, change control, and configuration management.
• Testing & Validation: Experience overseeing unit testing, integration testing, HIL, and system-level testing with full traceability.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work seamlessly alongside hardware, controls, systems, and test engineers.
• Standards & Compliance: Familiarity with automotive/industry standards including ISO 26262, MISRA C, and ASPICE

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly.

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.