Aerospace Embedded Software Architect — Real‑Time Systems Lead

Expleo; Preston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative environment

ExpleoAcademy training

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Expleo seeks an Embedded Software Architect to define and maintain software architectures for next-generation combat air capabilities. You will shape software definitions, roadmaps, and integration approaches while ensuring safety, security, and integrity for military aerospace platforms.

The role involves collaboration across systems, safety, and cyber teams, mentoring engineers, and engaging with customers and partners to deliver capability through life.

Qualifications

• Degree or demonstrable experience in software engineering.
• Significant experience in complex engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain software architectures.
• Develop software integration strategies and roadmaps.
• Support governance and design authority activities.
• Define interfaces and service-based architectures.
• Collaborate with systems, safety and cyber teams.
• Lead software technical decision making.
• Support customer and partner engagement.
• Mentor engineering teams and support capability development.

Skills

Embedded software architecture

Real-time embedded systems

Software lifecycle management

SOA principles

Interface definition

Requirements-driven architecture

Technical leadership

OMS/MOSA architectures

FACE standards

DDS middleware

DevSecOps

Containerisation

MBSE integration

Digital engineering

AI-enabled architectures

Education

Degree in Software Engineering/Computer Science/Electronic Engineering

Tools

DDS Middleware

Containerisation

Job description

Expleo seeks an Embedded Software Architect to define and maintain software architectures for next-generation combat air capabilities. You will shape software definitions, roadmaps, and integration approaches while ensuring safety, security, and integrity for military aerospace platforms.

The role involves collaboration across systems, safety, and cyber teams, mentoring engineers, and engaging with customers and partners to deliver capability through life.