Principal Engineer – Software Engineering

at  BAE Systems

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Software Engineering
Location: Frimley, Weymouth or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

Essential:

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant IT or STEM subject (Science / Technology / Engineering / Maths)
• Working knowledge of software engineering practices in design and development of software applications or integrated systems
• Experience in software development in one or more languages
• Experience in managing small engineering teams or projects

Desirable:

• Experience in IP network design and configuration
• Experience with agile development processes and toolsets

• Managing and mentoring a small team of early careers engineers to ensure they have the skills and support required to deliver our projects successfully
• Evaluating and assessing new technologies, both through literature review and practical experimentation and demonstration
• Designing and prototyping future combat system applications and supporting environments including state-of-the-art software architectures, semantic information modelling, and artificial intelligence/machine learning
• Designing and implementing trials of future technologies alongside existing combat systems
• Working with other engineering specialists to understand the impacts of security and safety controls on the combat system design, architecture, components, interfaces, and data
• Simulation and analysis of real-world battlespace environments