Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer – BAE Critical Skills – Prestwick, Scotland – Onsite (UK).
Salary: £48,098+ depending on skills and experience.
What you’ll be doing
* Completion of allocated software requirements, detailed design and implementation.
* Testing of completed functionality, both at desktop and target hardware level.
* Generation of software level safety requirements and hazard analysis, supporting system certification.
* Accurately reporting on progress and providing feedback to team members and leadership.
* Supporting System Test and Integration Activities.
* Production of appropriate technical documentation, documenting traceability between design, code and test results.
* Participation in peer reviews of own and others’ work products.
* Robust configuration of completed work.
* Use of extensive domain knowledge to troubleshoot issues efficiently, and embed technical and process improvements.
* Securing a formal software technical authority delegation, in order to authorise design and certification artefacts.
Essential skills and experience
* Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
* Excellent software engineering skills with a solid foundation in C, C++, C#, Ada or similar.
* Practical experience developing embedded software.
* Demonstrated understanding of the full software development lifecycle.
* Experience in requirements capture and traceability (e.g., DOORS).
* Experience in software design using appropriate tools/methodologies (e.g., UML, Rhapsody).
* Experience with high‑level programming languages and related development environments.
* Experience with scripting languages such as MATLAB or Python.
* Experience developing software test solutions with a view to providing formal qualification evidence.
* Experience in HMI design and graphics software (e.g., VAPS).
Desirable
* Avionics/Mission systems domain knowledge.
* Experience using Jira or similar task management system.
* General Military aircraft domain knowledge and interest.
Benefits
Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, health and wellbeing benefits, green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and the possibility of an annual incentive.
About the role
As a Senior Software Engineer you will work on world‑class aircraft products, creating cutting‑edge software for our hardware systems and being involved in the entire product lifecycle from design through integration.
Closing Date: 17th October 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
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