Senior Principal Software Engineer

Arden White Limited; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arden White Aerospace and Aviation Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Principal Software Engineer for a leading global engineering organisation. You will lead the architecture and definition of real-time embedded software for safety-critical applications, shaping technical strategy and driving high-integrity solutions.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure software is developed to DO-178C and related safety standards throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial embedded software experience in C/C++.
• Strong real-time embedded systems background.
• Experience defining software architecture and technical strategy.
• Experience in safety critical or highly regulated engineering environments.
• Strong knowledge of DO-178C and software certification lifecycle.
• Deterministic and fault-tolerant software design experience.
• Technical leadership, mentoring or engineering management experience.
• Knowledge of software verification and validation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead software architecture and technical direction for complex embedded projects.
• Design, develop and maintain real-time embedded software in C/C++.
• Develop software for advanced control and actuation systems.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware and verification engineers for integration.
• Ensure DO-178C and safety standards compliance.
• Lead software verification, validation and integration activities.
• Promote engineering best practices across the SDLC.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to teams.
• Contribute to reviews and key engineering decisions.
• Deliver high-integrity, mission-critical software solutions.

Skills

Embedded software

C/C++

RTOS

Software architecture

Safety critical

DO-178C

Leadership/mentoring

Verification & validation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/SE

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

ARINC/MIL-STD protocols

Job description

Arden White Aerospace and Aviation Recruitment are currently working with a leading global engineering organisation, recruiting for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineering professional to take a senior technical leadership role, developing advanced embedded software for complex, safety critical engineering applications. You will play a key role in defining software architecture, influencing technical strategy and leading the development of high integrity software solutions used within highly regulated environments.

Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will help deliver robust, reliable software while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence throughout the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the software architecture and technical direction for complex embedded software projects.
• Design, develop and maintain real time embedded software using C/C++.
• Develop software for advanced control and actuation systems.
• Work closely with systems, hardware and verification engineers to ensure successful software integration.
• Ensure software is developed in accordance with DO-178C and other applicable safety critical standards.
• Lead software verification, validation and integration activities.
• Drive engineering best practice throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to software engineering teams.
• Participate in technical reviews and support key engineering decisions.
• Contribute to the delivery of highly reliable, mission critical software solutions.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Significant commercial experience developing embedded software using C/C++.
• Strong background in real time embedded systems.
• Proven experience defining software architecture and technical strategy.
• Experience developing software within safety critical or highly regulated engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of DO-178C and the software certification lifecycle.
• Experience designing deterministic and fault tolerant software systems.
• Previous technical leadership, mentoring or engineering management experience.
• Strong knowledge of software verification and validation methodologies.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with model based development using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Knowledge of ARINC standards or MIL-STD communication protocols.
• Experience working on advanced control systems, embedded electronics or high integrity engineering applications.