Senior Principal Software Engineer

Arden White; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arden White Aerospace and Aviation Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join a leading global engineering organisation in Tewkesbury, England. You will lead embedded software development in safety-critical environments, defining architecture and strategy while mentoring engineers across the lifecycle.

The role focuses on real-time embedded software in C/C++ for control and actuation systems, with DO-178C compliance and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in embedded software development.
• Strong real-time embedded systems background.
• Proven track record defining software architecture and strategy.
• Experience in safety-critical or regulated environments.
• Strong DO-178C knowledge and software certification lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead software architecture and technical direction for embedded projects.
• Design, develop and maintain real-time embedded software in C/C++.
• Develop software for control and actuation systems.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware and verification teams for integration.
• Ensure compliance with DO-178C and safety standards.
• Lead verification, validation and integration activities.
• Mentor and guide software teams throughout the lifecycle.
• Participate in technical reviews and key engineering decisions.
• Deliver reliable, mission-critical software solutions.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time embedded

Software architecture

Safety critical

DO-178C

Verification & validation

Leadership

Engineering degree

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/SE

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

ARINC/MIL-STD knowledge

Job description

Senior Principal Software Engineer (BH-4467)

Location Tewkesbury, England Sector Aerospace Salary £aexcellent

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.