Embedded Software Architect

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

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for engineering, quality services, and digital transformation. We collaborate with world-leading aerospace manufacturers, delivering cutting‑edge solutions in structural analysis, finite element modelling, numerical simulation, and certification support. At Expleo, we foster innovation, technical excellence, and professional growth, empowering our teams to shape the future of aerospace engineering.

We are seeking Embedded Software Architects to support the development of software‑defined combat air capabilities for the next generation of combat aircraft.

You will be responsible for defining software architectures, technical roadmaps and integration approaches that esupport rapid capability insertion and through life evolution within softare defined combat air systems, while maintaining the safety, security and integrity required for military aerospace platforms..

This role offers an opportunity to influence future combat air capability through the development, integration and optimisation of advanced sensing architectures, supporting delivery across the full engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain software architectures.
• Develop software integration strategies and technical roadmaps.
• Support software 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 activities.
• Mentor engineering teams and support capability development.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related STEM discipline.
• Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don’t hold formal qualifications.

Essential skills

• Embedded software architecture development.
• Real-time embedded systems.
• Software lifecycle management.
• Service‑oriented architecture principles.
• Software integration strategies.
• Interface definition and management.
• Requirements‑driven architecture development.
• Technical leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• OMS and MOSA architectures.
• FACE standards.
• DDS middleware.
• Mission Systems architectures.
• Software‑defined capability frameworks.
• DevSecOps environments.
• Containerisation technologies.
• MBSE integration.
• Digital engineering environments.
• AI‑enabled and autonomous system architectures.

Experience

• Experience developing software in complext engineering environments.
• Aerospace or defence programmes.
• Mission systems.
• Avionics systems.
• Real‑time embedded platforms.

What do I need before I apply

• Right to work in the UK.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Ability to satisfy customer security and export control requirements.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer and partner locations.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive