Software Development Team Leader

RGIT Australia; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bank holidays

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension

Sick pay

Training and development

Job summary

CMTG Group is seeking a hands-on Software Development Team Leader to lead a team of engineers and testers in a hybrid UK-based role. You will translate customer and business needs into robust software solutions, guide architectural decisions, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery while maintaining a strong hands-on contribution.

You will work with cross-functional stakeholders to balance delivery priorities with the long-term software roadmap, promoting best practices, quality, and

Qualifications

• Previous hands-on software team leadership experience in an Agile environment.
• Proven ability to translate customer needs into software delivery.
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a software engineering team including engineers and testers.
• Drive architectural decisions and guide implementation across the team.
• Plan delivery, coordinate with stakeholders, and manage risks and priorities.
• Promote continuous improvement and robust software delivery.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Team building

Agile delivery

Code reviews

Mentoring

Technical coaching

Tools

Atlassian Cloud

Job description

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Posted 01 Oct 2026

Description

Benefits:25 days holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid and flexible working, Employee Assistance Programme, pension, company sick pay, excellent training and development.

About us

CMTG is a global leader in condition monitoring solutions, specialising in rotor track and balance for helicopters, condition monitoring for critical rotating industrial machinery and noise vibration analysis. With a legacy of innovation and excellence, we’re at the forefront of creating safer skies, smoother operations, and quieter environments.

From helicopters soaring above cities to industrial turbines powering the global energy industry, our cutting-edge technologies ensure optimal performance, safety, and efficiency. Our expertise expands across:

Rotor Track and Balance: Ensuring helicopters operate at peak performance by delivering solutions that reduce vibration and enhance safety.

Industrial Condition Monitoring: Helping the global energy sector keep their turbines and rotating machinery running seamlessly through advanced noise and vibration analysis.

Precision Accelerometers: Designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art accelerometers trusted worldwide for critical applications.

With a dedicated team of experts across our sites in the UK, USA, France, and Germany, we bring a collaborative, international perspective to every challenge we solve. This global presence ensures our customers benefit from local support combined with a world-class standard of innovation.

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Software Development Team Leader to lead and develop a team of software engineers, developers, and testers while remaining closely involved in technical delivery. You’ll help translate customer and business needs into robust software solutions and ensure the team has the direction, capability, tools, and support required to deliver them successfully.

You’ll work with the Engineering Leadership Team, Project Managers, Product Owners, System Engineers, and other stakeholders to balance immediate delivery priorities with the longer‑term software roadmap. You’ll also take ownership of software development methods, toolsets, and configuration management, promoting quality, continuous improvement, and dependable delivery.

Your key responsibilities will include:

People Leadership & Capability

• Line manage direct reports, including regular 1:1s, objective setting, performance reviews, appraisals, coaching, and support for wellbeing and development.
• Build and motivate an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team in which people are supported to do their best work.
• Identify skills, training, and personal development needs, ensuring the team’s capability can meet future business needs and deliver the software roadmap.
• Allocate selected software resources effectively, resolving priorities and resource conflicts in collaboration with the Engineering Leadership Team and Project Managers.

Design, Architecture & Hands-on Technical Delivery

• Maintain a strong hands-on technical contribution, designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems using established and emerging technologies within an Agile delivery environment.
• Lead system and feature design discussions, contributing to architectural decisions and guiding technical approaches across the team.
• Review and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical designs to ensure feasibility, clarity, testability, and alignment with architectural direction.
• Implement high-quality technical solutions and contribute to their evaluation, optimisation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical coaching through pair programming, code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.

Delivery Planning & Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate software team activities to balance short-term tactical priorities with commercial commitments and strategic objectives.
• Support Project Managers with resource forecasts and engineering project plans, helping to identify dependencies, resolve constraints, and maintain predictable delivery.
• Provide clear, accurate, and timely updates on software delivery status, risks, dependencies, and priorities to the Engineering Leadership Team and key stakeholders.
• Support Agile delivery through effective planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives, helping teams deliver outcomes on time and to the required quality.
• Lead or support customer discussions and technical reviews, strengthening the link between customer needs and delivered software solutions.
• Contribute to the preparation and review of bids, estimates, and technical proposals.

Engineering Strategy, Methods & Continuous Improvement

• Support the definition and delivery of the strategic Software Development Roadmap, translating priorities into practical team plans.
• Own and continuously improve software development methods, processes, toolsets, and Software Configuration Management practices.
• Evaluate, select, and champion appropriate technologies, frameworks, environments, and design patterns to meet product and organisational needs.
• Develop and maintain systems, tools, and processes that improve the software development lifecycle, code quality, automation, observability, and delivery efficiency.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture, ensuring opportunities are identified, prioritised, implemented, and reviewed for effectiveness.
• Identify complex technical issues, analyse root causes, and implement robust, timely solutions that support project and release commitments.
• Assess technical risks associated with design and implementation decisions and recommend proportionate mitigation strategies.
• Ensure software meets the security, performance, safety, quality, and compliance standards expected in industrial and safety-critical environments.
• Produce and maintain clear technical documentation, design justifications, and records of key risks, trade-offs, and decisions.
• Maintain a strong customer focus, ensuring solutions meet user needs, business objectives, specifications, time expectations, and agreed quality standards.

Communication, Collaboration & Professional Influence

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Testers, System Engineers, Project Managers, and other stakeholders to achieve aligned and predictable delivery.
• Communicate technical proposals, architectural options, delivery constraints, and design conclusions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Facilitate team discussions, technical workshops, and cross-functional collaboration, promoting respectful and effective working relationships.
• Influence technical direction across the engineering organisation and promote alignment with engineering best practice and strategic goals.

Professional Development & Ethical Practice

• Maintain and record Continuing Professional Development to strengthen technical expertise and leadership capability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, tooling, Agile engineering practices, and relevant industry developments.
• Ensure design and implementation decisions consider safe systems of work, sustainability, and ethical software engineering practice.

About you

You’re an experienced software engineer and people leader who combines sound technical judgement with a practical, supportive approach to team leadership. You take pride in building high-quality, well‑designed systems and understand the responsibility that comes with delivering software used in industrial and safety-critical environments.

You’re comfortable setting direction, organising work, making considered decisions, and supporting the development of others. You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively across disciplines, and can explain technical concepts, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders at all levels.

You value maintainability, dependable delivery, and continuous improvement. Experience with industrial systems, embedded environments, condition monitoring, Agile delivery, Software Configuration Management, or tools such as Atlassian Cloud would be beneficial, but not essential. What matters most is your ability to lead people and technical delivery while maintaining a credible hands‑on contribution.

We believe in equal opportunities

We believe in teamwork. No matter where you’re from or how you identify, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

We’re looking for hardworking, passionate individuals to join our team. When you come on board, we’ll provide the support and opportunities you need to unlock your potential and do your best work.

We’re committed to ensuring an accessible and comfortable experience for everyone. If there’s anything we can do to make your application process or working environment more accommodating, please let us know in your application or by reaching out directly. We’ll be more than happy to help.

Company Overview

CMTG Group Specialises in vibration and acoustic analysis, vibration condition monitoring, and the intricate science of structural and rotating machinery, our expertise spans across industries such as aviation, power generation, automotive, defence, and manufacturing.