Job Details
Job Title: Software Architect
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes or Portsmouth – BroadOak
Salary: Up to £85,700 depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme. Part time and accruing hours available; please discuss options if interested.
Closing Date: 26th September 2025
Overview
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We are seeking a Software Architect to act as the technical focal point and design authority, developing and maintaining software architectures that meet challenging complex Radar requirements. You will use modern operating systems, tools, and design patterns to create robust, resilient, scalable and secure middleware and application layers for hardware. You will leverage both licensed and open-source tools, ensuring OSS compliance, and work with the wider team to ensure a smooth implementation, integration and test process.
Responsibilities
* Provide Software Subject Matter Expertise: Work across multiple projects with various programming languages, architectures, and lifecycle models, offering specialist technical advice and guidance to peers and projects.
* Define and Develop Architectural Artefacts: Create, assess and review software and data processing architectures to meet software and system requirements and support future re-use of software, ensuring alignment throughout the engineering lifecycle.
* Establish and Maintain Design Processes: Enhance transformational activities and tools used to develop and manage software design artefacts, ensuring robust, resilient, scalable and secure middleware and applications architectures on modern hardware.
* Ensure Toolchain Compliance and Integration: Collaborate with DevOps to ensure tools are licensed, OSS-compliant, interoperable, and integrated into the build process.
* Lead Technical Governance: Conduct peer reviews, lead technical design reviews, verify and sign off software designs, and uphold Maritime Services’ software processes.
* Promote Continuous Improvement and Knowledge Sharing: Support skills development within the team, stay aware of industry trends, and ensure architectural awareness of Security, and Safety Integrity Levels (SILs).
Qualifications
* Extensive experience with at least one high-level programming language and a high-level design methodology such as UML.
* Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and familiarity with various models, including Agile and Waterfall.
* Proven experience in leading software development activities and mentoring engineering teams.
* Solid knowledge of relevant software standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207), including software safety and Safety Integrity Levels (SIL).
* Comprehensive understanding of configuration management practices and tools. Strong Technical Background, Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related numerate discipline, with Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it.
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 Future Radar team: Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology. We are evolving our radar portfolio by enhancing our existing products and developing brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to keep the UK at the forefront of defence innovation.
Work Environment and Flexibility
Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site. The way we work has evolved to offer flexibility in working hours depending on role and location, including accruing hours and flexible start/finish times to balance life at work and home.
Why Join
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. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Some roles may be subject to security and export control restrictions; all applicants must meet Baseline Personnel Security Standard and higher levels of National Security Vetting may be required depending on the role.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Technology, Information and Internet
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