Software Team Lead - Applications

Motorola Solutions; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral Payment Plan

Job summary

Motorola Solutions UK Limited is seeking an experienced software leader to inspire and guide a team delivering RF-related applications. You will architect, design, and implement performant and maintainable software, balancing business commitments with engineering excellence.

You will lead a cross-functional team, mentor engineers, participate in architectural discussions, and drive test automation and code quality while delivering a high-quality user experience across platforms such as C#/.NET

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline.
• Experience guiding or mentoring your team.
• Development in C# and .NET with strong design principles.
• Clear communication and ability to deliver on commitments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product management and other teams to define and estimate solutions that can be committed to
• Architect and design solutions that are performant, extensible and maintainable
• Lead the team to deliver the commitments whilst maintaining the levels of quality
• Help coach, mentor, grow and develop your team
• Get stuck into the development activities
• Report progress, risks, challenges etc to the wider business
• Solve technical challenges by applying prior experience and analysis of system requirements
• Drive local adjustments or enhancements to software systems, tools, and development processes
• Implement test automation, including unit, regression, and performance tests, to ensure high software quality
• Participate in peer code and AI reviews, applying quality standards and providing constructive feedback
• Communicate clear technical information to departmental team members to reach agreement on tasks and implementation details
• Provide guidance and assistance to entry-level professionals or support staff as needed

Skills

C# & .NET

Leadership

Architectural design

Communication

Software development leadership

AI development tools

Rust

MAUI

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering

Tools

MAUI

Rust

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. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

CRFS, a global leader in Radio Frequency (RF) technology, was founded in 2007 to innovate in spectrum monitoring and geolocation. The company focuses on manufacturing and designing advanced hardware and software solutions to detect, monitor, and analyze RF signals in complex environments. This expertise has proved crucial to various sectors, including national spectrum regulators, the military, and security and intelligence services. Today, the company’s technology is recognised, preferred and embedded in most NATO countries and deployed worldwide. CRFS’ mission is to continue pioneering sophisticated technologies for complex challenges in the RF spectrum domain.

Job Description

Job Summary

Are you an enthusiastic software leader who can inspire and lead others to develop applications to support CRFS range of world class RF solutions? Our applications deliver both an enhanced user experience but also the complex processing required to present a significant amount of RF information to an operator. You will be able to consider and balance the needs of the team whilst supporting the business commitment, able to challenge where required and provide commitments the team can keep. This is a great opportunity to get involved with both the core aspects of software development but also engage with architectural discussions and work with the community to deliver a high-quality user experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product management and other teams to define and estimate solutions that can be committed to
• Architect and Design solutions that are performant, extensible and maintainable
• Lead the team to deliver the commitments whilst maintaining the levels of quality
• Help coach, mentor, grow and develop your team
• Get stuck into the development activities
• Report progress, risks, challenges etc to the wider business
• Solve technical challenges problems by applying prior experience and analysis of system requirements.
• Drive local adjustments or enhancements to software systems, tools, and development processes.
• Implement test automation, including unit, regression, and performance tests, to ensure high software quality.
• Participate in peer code and AI reviews, applying quality standards and providing constructive feedback.
• Communicate clear technical information to departmental team members to reach agreement on tasks and implementation details.
• Provide guidance and assistance to entry-level professionals or support staff as needed.

Basic Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or a related engineering discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience guiding or assisting your team
• Development in C# and .NET
• Solid grasp of architectural and design principles
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on commitments
• Good problem-solving ability with strong attention to software detail.
• Clear communication skills with experience explaining technical facts and practices to internal team members.

Desirable Experience

• Using AI development tools to accelerate workflow while maintaining code quality.
• Basic understanding or background in signal processing principles.
• Development in Rust and MAUI.
• Development of 3rd party integrations and distributed system of systems.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation

Provided None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

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.

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS 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. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com.