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# Senior Software Architect

- **Company:** Holt Executive
- **Location:** Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Configuration Management, Code Review, Embedded Software, Firmware, Software Architecture, Requirements Traceability, Software Engineering, Software Verification
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d25ef278c042f665

## About the Role

You will have significant experience in software architecture and embedded software development, ideally within the space, aerospace, defence or another safety- or mission-critical engineering environment.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of technical decisions, establishing engineering standards and working across software, firmware and hardware disciplines. Experience with software verification, requirements traceability, configuration management and formal engineering reviews would be highly beneficial.

## Description

* Own the software architecture across multiple projects and document key architectural and design decisions.
 * Establish coding, code review and software testing standards across the development team.
 * Make technical decisions around in-house development versus third-party software and technology.
 * Review software for correctness, maintainability, quality and compliance with established standards.
 * Work closely with avionics and control engineers on firmware, software and system interfaces.
 * Collaborate with Product Assurance to ensure appropriate software traceability, verification evidence and tool qualification.
 * Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentoring to a small software engineering team.
 * Support the continued growth and development of the software engineering function.
 * Present and defend software architecture and design decisions during customer and programme reviews.
 * Address technical actions and review findings through to resolution.


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