Software Product Designer

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and aerospace is seeking a Software Product Designer to join their team in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will enhance the Radar programs, applying best software engineering practices and leading a community of designers. This role involves critical contributions to complex software design and stakeholder management, offering a dynamic environment with ample opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution

Flexible working hours

Access to private healthcare

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym membership

Free online training access through Coursera

Referral incentive program

Bonus scheme for employees

Qualifications

• Proactive engineer with leadership experience.
• Tenacity and determination to deliver results.
• Proven knowledge of software engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure teams adhere to project design standards.
• Coach and upskill Product Designers.
• Present technical debt to stakeholders.

Skills

Software Engineering design best practice

Stakeholder expectations elicitation

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Integration understanding

Education

Experience with DO-178C

Software Architecture progression

Job description

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Are you interested in developing complex software for one of the most cutting-edge defence and aerospace projects in the UK? If you like the sound of developing software for the European Common Radar System (ECRS), then Leonardo would like to hear from you.

We are looking for an experienced Software Product Designer to join our well established software community as the Radar programmes grow and enter a crucial phase, developing complex functionality.

For more information on Leonardo's contribution to ECRS check out:

What you’ll do as a Software Product Designer:

• Help teams follow the project design standards. Build and maintain local work instruction, processes
• Build a culture of knowledge sharing between the teams.
• Coach/upskill Product Designers
• Report to Chief Software Engineer
• Primary technical POC for Newcastle
• Contribute to the design between the Processing and Platform train
• Contribute to the design of the Processing Solution deployment
• Collate and quantify tech debt across teams. Present tech debt to stakeholders

What we need from you:

Ideally, we are looking for a proactive engineer and leader, someone with:

• Experience in applying Software Engineering design best practice to large scale development projects.
• Experience in eliciting stakeholder expectations.
• Proven knowledge of DO-178C and the pathway to system certification.
• Proven leadership and decision-making skills in a high complexity, dynamic environment at a senior level.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build trust and respect across engineering teams and senior leadership groups.
• Experience of integration, with an understanding of the resultant issues, cost and schedule implications, and potential mitigations.
• Tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and results.
• The desire to progress in a Software Architecture role

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Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Pension: Award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution
• Flexible Working: Tempest requires a full time on-site working pattern. If you are interested in flexible working in Newcastle please explore our other advertised opportunities.
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Wellbeing:Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below