Software Team Lead

Job Title: Software Team Lead

Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes. 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 commensurate with skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, overseeing development activities across multiple project phases
• Collaborate closely with the Project Engineering Manager to align software tasks with wider project goals, budgets, and schedules
• Ensure compliance with software planning, configuration, risk, and quality management processes through the maintenance of key project plans and registers
• Drive continuous improvement through defect prevention, metrics analysis, and process refinement
• Support cross-functional engagement by liaising with other teams, participating in reviews, and contributing to project-wide coordination
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to ensure high performance, motivation, and skills growth

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, and integration, using modern development tools and methodologies
• Practical experience in programming with Ada, C, or C++, preferably within real-time or embedded systems environments
• Proficient in object-oriented design and modelling techniques, including UML, SysML, or XML
• Experience in project planning, task scheduling, and progress reporting within engineering programmes
• Proven ability to deliver complex software solutions that meet customer requirements and integrate with broader system and business needs

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 Sampson Radar Software Team:

The Sampson Radar Software team is a 30 personnel group that provides support, and capability upgrades to the Royal Navy and their products. This role will deliver software products to the customer as part of a team delivering enhancements over the next 10 years, as well as providing ongoing support to existing products. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

The Flexible Working Statement:

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 21st April 2025

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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