Principal Software Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will shape the next generation of software features for defence systems. You join a world-class team focused on delivering market-leading solutions in Integrated Sensors & Protection, driving innovation across complex, safety-critical domains. You will tackle challenging problems in embedded and real-time software, collaborating across disciplines to ensure robust, integrated delivery. This is a growth-focused opportunity to mentor engineers and contribute to high-impact projects with a respected defence industry leader. You will work in a hybrid setup, enabling flexible, impactful engineering work.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Flexible benefits
• Above average pension contributions
• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 12 flexi days
• Network groups for diversity and inclusion

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new software features and capabilities for defence systems
• Collaborate within a community of senior engineers to improve, innovate, and deliver market-leading products
• Contribute across the software lifecycle from design through integration and testing
• Mentor and coach engineers to uplift software engineering capabilities
• Work with cross-disciplinary teams (systems, hardware, firmware) to ensure coherent integration

Key requirements

• Several years of C/C++ software engineering in aerospace, defence, or safety-critical domains
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, UDP, and socket programming
• RTOS concepts (multi-threading, IPC)
• DDS Middleware
• Experience with Visual Studio, CMake, Git, and Ubuntu Linux
• Embedded SoC platforms (e.g., Xilinx, Texas Instruments) and embedded Linux
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting on embedded platforms
• Familiarity with iterative development lifecycles and related tools (Jira/DevOps)
• Knowledge of development to design and coding standards

• Positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Mentoring and coaching capabilities
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• C/C++ software engineering
• Networking (TCP/IP, UDP, sockets)
• RTOS concepts and IPC

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