Software Engineering Team Lead

Bristol

Salary: Circa £55,000 to £70,000 depending on experience 

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance)
• Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Paid overtime
• Up to 15 additional days flexi leave
• Parental leave offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
• Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• Relocation available

Dynamic (hybrid) working:  Typically for this role you will work 4 days per week in the Bristol (Filton) office.

The company

Working within a world-leading, technical engineering organisation, we currently have an opportunity for a Software Engineer. The company are an award-winning business that invests heavily in its staff, offering training, personal development and career progression opportunities. With a long order book, they are a stable business who have been growing for a number of years.

The opportunity:

Software Engineering Team Lead

It’s team with a passion for software and its successful deployment in battlespace Command and Control (C2) weapon systems. They work on technology that is at the forefront of system design, delivering safe, secure, and reliable products to our customers.

Software Engineering Team Lead needs to be capable, adaptable and inquisitive software engineering team lead to join a an established team to lead development of a Product Line software solution, for the current and next generations of systems.

The position will work across multiple applications on both land and maritime projects in the systems software department, this role promotes involvement in many of the most advanced systems in the world, across multiple warfare domains, and provides a great opportunity for someone wanting to be involved in many differing areas of software.

What we’re looking for from you:

• You will have proven experience leading teams (this role is 5- 10 people) and working with multiple stakeholders to deliver quality software, implementing both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Some experience developing with C, C++ or Ada, with a solid background in software engineering including use of scripting languages.
• A passion for software engineering, with the ability to innovate and think critically to solve complex software problems with a willingness to develop software skillsets.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment, communicating and contributing to design and implementation and integration decisions across multiple projects and sites (no travel required).
• We are looking for a good communicator, someone willing to present new ideas and be able to influence stakeholders, including Project Leaders and Department Leads.
• Strong technical documentation writing and reviewing skills.

The Business:

They respect new perspectives and experiences, and value collaborative ways of working. They’re committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential.  They have employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more

Due to the nature of the business, this particular vacancy requires the applicant as a minimum to be a British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship and capable of achieving the clearance levels mentioned above.

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