Senior Software Engineering Manager - leading a UK Emergency Services’ Software Solution

Motorola Solutions; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of mission-critical software solutions for UK emergency services. The role is hybrid, allowing for home working most of the time. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in software engineering and strong leadership skills. Comprehensive benefits package includes competitive salary, additional holiday pay, and career development support.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus schemes

Two weeks additional pay per year

25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays

Attractive pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible working options

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Career development support

Employee health and wellbeing support

Carbon neutral initiatives

Corporate social responsibility initiatives

Well known companies discount scheme

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commercial software engineering.
• Experience leading software development teams of 10+ engineers.
• Ability to attain SC and NPPV3 security clearances.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team developing mission-critical solutions for UK emergency services.
• Conduct reviews of existing products for modernization.
• Drive execution through a team of experienced software engineers.

Skills

Technical leadership

C#

DELPHI

React

React Native

Agile methodology

Communication

Education

First Class or Upper Second Class degree in Computing Science or Software Engineering

Tools

.NET

Windows UI frameworks

Agile tools

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Within the software division of Motorola, our mission is to create solutions which improve public safety and save lives. At our Glasgow software design centre, we create world leading mobile applications to help UK frontline emergency services workers (such as police officers, firefighters and incident commanders) in the moments that matter. This role is a Senior Software Engineering Manager within Motorola Solutions UK who will report directly to the Motorola’s Director of Mobile Applications (International) within Motorola’s ‘Mobile Applications (International)’ organisation, which is our organisation responsible for all smartphone, tablet, laptop and in‑vehicle application solutions used across emergency services worldwide (outside of USA).

Job Description

This role is hybrid, consisting of work from our offices and home, with home‑working permitted most of the time and offices being used for meetings and team days. You will ideally be based in and around our Glasgow office.

Our Motorola Glasgow office is our worldwide centre of excellence for our mobile software development and we would like applicants to be located within commuting distance of this office, however this is a hybrid role where the candidate will have the option to work from home some/most days if preferred – with the office being used for occasional in‑person meetings and team days.

In this role, you will be a senior software engineering manager and leader of the team of engineers responsible for developing our mission‑critical solutions serving UK fire officers and incident commanders, which currently includes a client application for ruggedised mobile Windows devices, a client application for iOS/Android devices, a server application and a web application. Our existing UK Fire mobile solutions utilise a range of technologies including C#, DELPHI, React and React Native.

In this role, you will be responsible for conducting a review of our existing product components and architecture and designing a plan for modernisation and expansion – of which you will then be responsible for driving the execution through your team of experienced software engineers. This may include improvements to the UI/UX, the addition of further smartphone‑based capabilities, or the introduction of AI‑based functionality.

We expect this role to be ‘hands on’, with the successful candidate reviewing and potentially also contributing to writing code when required – so we are therefore looking for a software engineering manager who is a highly capable software engineer.

The post holder will work alongside our Product Manager for UK Fire Mobile solutions.

Basic Requirements

• IMPORTANT - This role requires security clearance, you must be able to attain SC and NPPV3 clearances to be eligible for this role, which typically requires minimum 3 years UK residency
• A First Class or Upper Second Class degree in a relevant subject (such as BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering) from a leading university.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial software engineering.
• Experience of leading and managing software development teams of 10+ engineers with a track record for successfully delivering large‑scale software projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience of architecting and developing client/server applications using technologies such as C# (or Java)
• Previous experience of DELPHI
• Previous experience of architecting and developing .net/Windows applications, with experience of Windows UI frameworks (e.g. WPF, WinUI, etc.)
• Previous experience of architecting and developing smartphone applications (such as Android and iOS) using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Objective‑C, or React Native.
• Previous experience of developing web applications using HTML, CSS, React, Spring, .NET, etc.
• Previous working experience in an Agile environment (Scrum).

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible working options.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount scheme.

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally‑protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people‑first and community‑focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.