Senior Principal Software Engineer

Aviation JobSearch Europa; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Arden White Aerospace and Aviation Recruitment seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of advanced embedded software for safety-critical applications. You will define software architecture, influence technical strategy and mentor engineers within a regulated environment.

Join a global engineering organisation in a senior technical leadership role, delivering high-integrity software across the lifecycle while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time embedded

Software architecture

Safety-critical software

Technical leadership

Verification & validation

Mentoring

DO-178C

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Arden White Verified

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Aerospace Engineers

Robotics & Flight Software Engineer

Onsite

Full time

£100,000 - £105,000

1 day ago

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.

About Us

Arden White specialises in Engineering, Aerospace and Aviation recruitment. We believe in the value of a personal touch and strive to be recognised, appreciated and remembered for our service.

Note: Arden White is acting as a recruitment agency for this position.

Arden White specialises in technical engineering recruitment, and all job applications are managed by our team. We believe in the value of a personal touch, and we work hard to deliver a swift, professional, and friendly service for our clients and candidates. We are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client for this vacancy, and whilst we are advertising the role, we are not the hiring company.

Due to the high volume of applications, we’re unable to respond to everyone individually. If you haven’t heard from us within 14 days, unfortunately you’ve not been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, please continue to monitor our website vacancies for more opportunities.