Senior Software Engineer

Leonardo; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Newcastle upon Tyne location to enhance their Radar and Advanced Targeting capabilities. The position involves significant responsibilities including software development using Ada, C, Python, and Java within a collaborative agile environment, offering a range of benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working options including hybrid work

Company-funded benefits like private healthcare

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Up to 10% employer contribution pension scheme

Access to over 4000 online courses via Coursera

Qualifications

• Applied knowledge in Ada, C, Python, and Java.
• Experience in Software Development Lifecycle and Agile techniques.
• Strong programming skills and ability to deliver quality code.

Responsibilities

• Follow software development lifecycle and project plans.
• Create high-quality code and deliver technical documents.
• Resolve complex system integration problems with teams.

Skills

Ada

Understanding of C

Python

Java

Software Development Lifecycle

Object-oriented programming

Configuration Management

Bus Transactions

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Gitlab

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer, Newcastle upon Tyne

Client: Leonardo

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: bd7e498ab2dd

Job Views: 2

Posted: 02.06.2025

Expiry Date: 17.07.2025

Job Description:

The opportunity:

At Leonardo, we are looking for Senior Software Engineers to join our growing Software community.

Leonardo has opened a new site in Newcastle and we are looking to enhance our existing Software capability in the Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh.

The Captor Mechanically Scanned (M-Scan) Radar is the Eurofighter Typhoon primary sensor and remains the primary front line defence aircraft for the UK, Germany, Italy & Spain. As a result of significant customer demand for future technology enhancements, Leonardo is looking to increase and strengthen the Captor M-Scan software development team by adding experienced Software Engineers to deliver exciting new capabilities to our customers.

The role involves providing software engineering technical and domain knowledge support for the current development programme and being part of the software team that will develop and support Task Based Management (TBM) in the Captor M-Scan product line moving forward. The TBM methodology is set to be used in a number of future Leonardo products.

As a Software Engineer on the Captor M programme, you will be a highly motivated experienced software engineer willing to take on challenges to meet the needs of our roles. These roles demand high work performance and customer/end user focus to meet the operational challenges of the Captor M-Scan product line.

What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer:

• Follow the software development lifecycle
• Implement all skills required for software development
• Create high quality and robust code, document and record work products, keep them under configuration management, and provide plans and reports on progress to your supervisor
• Deliver technical reports and documents, generate and present technical presentations to project stakeholders
• Follow a project plan and identify key elements within it
• Report clear and concise progress to the software team lead and management
• Work closely with the Software & Systems team and the rooflab integration team to investigate and resolve complex system integration problems

What we need from you is applied knowledge and industry experience in:

• Ada
• Understanding of C
• Python, Java
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Object-oriented high-level programming languages in industry applications
• Configuration Management toolsets
• Solid understanding of Bus Transactions

Demonstrable experience in the following areas will help you stand out:

• Working and delivering software using agile techniques such as Scrum, and tooling such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Gitlab

Security Clearance: Required

Life at Leonardo:

Leonardo offers a funded benefits package, commitment to learning and development, and flexible working hours focused on employee and customer needs. Benefits include:

• Flexible working options including hybrid work
• Company-funded benefits like private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle allowances (£500 annually)
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays, with options to buy/sell leave and accrue up to 12 additional flexi days
• Up to 10% employer contribution pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme for mental health, financial wellbeing, and diversity & inclusion support
• Discounted gym memberships, Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to over 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral incentives for successful employee referrals
• Management-level bonus schemes