Software Engineer - Shared Infrastructure

BAE Systems.; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence company is seeking a Software Engineer for their Shared Infrastructure team in New Malden. The role involves developing and maintaining software for the Royal Navy fleet, with a focus on C#, WPF, and Agile methodologies. The company offers competitive benefits, including flexible working arrangements, health plans, and share options. This position requires strong technical skills and the ability to operate in a complex environment, making it an exciting opportunity for the right candidate.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Software Engineer focusing on development and testing.
• Ability to operate in a large, complex multi-project environment.
• Ability to document low-level design and rationale solutions.

Responsibilities

• Implement fixes and updates of software products.
• Conduct technical analyses and prepare reports.
• Develop designs in line with specifications and standards.
• Resolve operational problems individually or in teams.
• Integrate and test software products.
• Undertake design, development, and integration of software products.

Skills

C#

WPF

Powershell

Unit testing

Regression testing

System testing

Agile development

Job description

Job Title: Software Engineer - Shared Infrastructure

Location: New Malden - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £58,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Implement fixes and functionality updates of relevant software products in line with project priorities
• Carrying out relatively complex technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, and prepare reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability
• Preparing and developing designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards, and carry out design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure all standards are maintained
• Address operational problems or developments and develop and prepare solutions, individually or as a member of a project team
• Participating in the integration and testing of software products on local target rigs
• Undertaking design, development, integration and test of the assigned Software Products in line with all relevant processes and quality requirements under the direction of the Software Engineering team leaders

Your skills and experiences:

Essentials:

• Ability to operate in a large, complex multi-project environment
• Significant experience as a Software Engineer with particular focus to development and testing using C#
• We require a software engineer with experience in many of the following categories:
  1. WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) experience
  2. Powershell
  3. Unit, regression and system testing
• Able to document low level design and rationale solutions

Desirable:

• Previous experience working with Agile development process

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Shared Infrastructure Software Team:

As a Software Engineer, you will be developing and maintaining a range of products that shape and bring together the software that will be used throughout the Royal Navy fleet. You will be actively engaging in describe an aspect of the team or role experiences, support internal and customer testing and get involved in the evaluation of new and emergent technology and the potential insertion of such technology to keep our product portfolio competitive in the marketplace. With prospects of gaining recognised qualifications and opportunities to evolve within the project, this is a amazing opportunity to get involved in work that matters.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

28th November 2025 - interviews will take place w/c 8th December

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.