Principal Engineer - Software Engineering (Specialist Software)

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia for expatriates; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defence technology is seeking a Principal Engineer in Software Engineering to join their growing team in Coventry. This role involves producing high-quality software products, leading teams, and engaging in the full software development cycle. Candidates should have a degree in Software Engineering, experience in software lifecycles, and be ready to contribute to significant submarine engineering programmes.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Degree in Software Engineering or related subject required.
• Chartered status with a relevant professional institution preferred.
• Experience leading small software teams.

Responsibilities

• Produce innovative, high-quality software products.
• Translate requirements into software designs and manage integration.
• Provide technical assistance to junior team members.

Skills

Software Development Lifecycles

Team Leadership

Agile

Waterfall

Education

Degree in Software Engineering

Chartered status or working towards

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Job description

Job Title: Principal Engineer - Software Engineering (Specialist Software)

Location: Coventry. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working to recognised industry standards to produce innovative, high quality software products
• Working within a multi-disciplined team, utilising a variety of tools and programming languages, engaging in all aspects of the software development cycle
• Taking responsibility for your own and others work as well as providing technical assistance to support the development of junior members of the team
• Leading during assurance and review activities ensuring that all required configuration, release and documentation activities have been produced in accordance with the relevant standards
• Translate requirements into software designs, implement and test solutions, and manage integration, configuration, release, and deployment of the product

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree in Software Engineering, or related subject
• Chartered status with a relevant professional institution or working towards
• Knowledge of one or more software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, Waterfall etc)
• Experience with Siemens TIA Portal
• Leading small software teams or technical specialist within a software team

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Specialist Software team:

To support our ongoing need to recruit the best engineering talent, BAE Systems Submarines is delighted to shortly be opening a brand-new office in Coventry. BAE Systems Submarines is experiencing a period of significant growth, and we are now actively recruiting a variety of roles and specialisms to support our ongoing submarines programs which are critical to delivering our national endeavour.

We predominantly supply the UK MoD as part of our support to national endeavours for underwater superiority throughout the world. Our team is responsible for system design, build and/or procurement of the major electronic and complex software systems on a submarine, as well as provision of test, integration and support services.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on major, high profile submarine engineering programmes where you will interact with several internal and external stakeholders including the Ministry of Defence.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 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: 3rd June 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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