Job title:Principal Engineer – Software – INTeACT
Location:Across all our UK Naval sites including New Malden, Broad Oak – Portsmouth, Frimley, Dorchester or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary:Circa £ 65,000 (depending on skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
- Acting as an exemplar Software Engineer to further develop the software products
- Working with both the Software team and the Engineering Managers to deliver software work packages
- Supporting the estimation of engineering activities for cost-to-complete exercises and when scoping/sizing upcoming or additional work
- Promoting the use of Agile development methodologies
- Coaching and mentoring team members to empower the team to continuously grow and improve
- Providing technical leadership as part of a wider team
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Strong software development skills in a language such as Java, Python, C++ or Rust
- Ability to understand and communicate complex logic, and translate this into useful and reusable design and code artefacts
- Familiarity with cloud-based software development concepts, including virtualisation, configuration control and CI/CD techniques and tools
- A degree in a mathematical, scientific, engineering or computer science discipline and meets the requirements for registration as Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council
Desirable:
- Experience in using the Rust programming language and associated toolchain
- Experience in using Microsoft Azure and the Azure DevOps toolset
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Naval Ships Combat Systems Product Realisation team:
The BAE Systems Naval Ships Combat Systems Product Realisation team use cutting edge technologies to design, develop, integrate and support naval combat system products that enable navies to protect nations. Our core product, the Combat Management System, is the ‘brains’ of the ship, allowing crews to understand the tactical situation and to rapidly respond to potentially life-threatening situations.
This role will help to ensure that naval crews around the world can continue to receive and utilise the most modern capabilities possible in a challenging and ever-changing environment. We offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop with us.
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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date: 26th January 2025. Interviews for this position will take place W/C 3rd February.
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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