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Software Architect
£40,000 - 70,000
BAE Systems
Sun Hill 22,24,26, Cowes
£40,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
- Extensive experience with at least one high-level programming language and a high-level design methodology such as UML.
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and familiarity with various models, including Agile and Waterfall.
- Proven experience in leading software development activities and mentoring engineering teams.
- Solid knowledge of relevant software standards (e.g., ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207), including software safety and Safety Integrity Levels (SIL).
- Comprehensive understanding of configuration management practices and tools.
- Strong technical background, with a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related numerate discipline, and Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or progress towards it.
Responsibilities
- Provide Software Subject Matter Expertise: Work across multiple projects with various programming languages, architectures, and lifecycle models, offering specialist technical advice and guidance to peers and projects.
- Define and Develop Architectural Artefacts: Create, assess, and review software and data processing architectures to meet software and system requirements and support future re-use of software, ensuring alignment throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Establish and Maintain Design Processes: Enhance transformational activities and tools used to develop and manage software design artefacts, ensuring robust, resilient, scalable, and secure middleware and application architectures on modern hardware.
- Ensure Toolchain Compliance and Integration: Collaborate with DevOps to ensure tools are licensed, OSS-compliant, interoperable, and integrated into the build process.
- Lead Technical Governance: Conduct peer reviews, lead technical design reviews, verify and sign off software designs, and uphold our software processes.
- Promote Continuous Improvement and Knowledge Sharing: Support skills development within the team, maintain awareness of industry trends, and ensure architectural awareness of Security and Safety Integrity Levels (SILs).
Description
We are committed to shaping the future of Radar Technology. Our goal is to evolve our radar portfolio by enhancing existing products and developing new ones to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to keep the UK at the forefront of defense innovation.
As the Software Architect, you will act as the technical focal point and design authority, developing and maintaining software architectures that respond to complex Radar requirements. You will use modern operating systems, tools, and design patterns to create robust, resilient, scalable, and secure middleware and application layers for hardware. Your role will involve leveraging both licensed and open-source tools, ensuring compliance with OSS guidance, and working with the wider team to ensure a smooth implementation, integration, and testing process.
Our workplace in Cowes is easily accessible from Southampton via a regular foot passenger ferry and a BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to the site. We offer flexibility in working hours and an inclusive culture that values diversity and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, particularly those underrepresented in our industry.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may require higher levels of National Security Vetting depending on the role.
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