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# Senior Software Technical Lead

- **Company:** Viasat, Inc.
- **Location:** Farnborough, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Real-Time Operating Systems, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, System Programming, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, PIC Microcontroller, SC Clearance, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0474e676f1804edf

## About the Role

* Experience: 10+ years of domain experience in software engineering.
 * Education: Degree in Software Engineering or a similar discipline.
 * Technical Enablement: Experience defining processes and toolsets.
 * Quality Frameworks: Ability to implement engineering governance and design review metrics.
 * Security: Must be a UK sole national and have or be capable of obtaining UK security clearance.

What will help you on the job:

 * Secure Coding Standards: Familiarity with high-assurance software standards and guidelines (e.g., RUST)
 * Low-Level & Systems Programming: Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems, microcontrollers, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
 * Mentorship over Management: Proven track record of coaching engineers to improve output quality without administrative heavy-handedness.

## Description

In this role, you will work alongside systems engineering and project managers to ensure teams meet their deadlines and internal and external project milestones.
The day-to-day:

Governance & Technical Enablement

 * Process & Tool Ownership: Define and improve the unified software development lifecycle and toolsets.
 * Targeted Oversight: Provide deep-dive architectural guidance with a focus on system integration.
 * Multi-Disciplinary Governance: Enforce quality standards and stage-gated peer reviews.
 * Enabling: Support engineering schedules by proactively removing barriers to ensure technical progress.

Team Mentorship & Development

 * Staff Mentorship: Lead, coach, and support career development across the software engineering team.
 * Skill Cultivation: Identify training needs, skills gaps, and recruitment requirements to meet business goals.
 * Collaborative Culture: Foster cross-discipline synergy between software designers, and the wider engineering team.

Project Execution & Technical Delivery

 * Detailed Architectural Design: Lead detailed software architecture design and implementation for embedded systems and user applications.
 * Verification & Test Strategy: Spearhead rigorous software design verification (DV) testing.
 * Sustaining Engineering: Lead technical support to resolve complex software issues, production bugs, and component obsolescence in legacy systems to guarantee continuous product reliability.

From time to time, you may be asked to undertake other tasks to achieve project or business objectives.
What you'll need


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