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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Saab
- **Location:** Whiteley, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £73,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** ASP.NET, HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Software Quality, Cyber Security, Linux, Programming Tools, Django Web Framework, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, Node.Js, Software Architecture, Qt (Software), Software Tools, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Extensible Markup Language (XML), ReactJS, Backend, AngularJS, Network Server, Docker
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5911413983

## About the Role

* A minimum of 7 years experience as a Senior Engineer
 * A Degree in a relevant Engineering Discipline
 * Broad understanding of software from embedded to applications
 * Experience leading multi-disciplined teams of software engineers
 * Ability to develop a software architecture for complex systems from scratch
 * Sound understanding of modern software methods and technologies
 * Capability to maintain a system-level approach without getting lost in detail
 * Skilled at developing system-level requirements and deriving lower-level requirements
 * Sound understanding of safety concepts and design
 * Ability to interface directly with customers
 * Skill in acting as a technical authority
 * Proficient in communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
 * Ability to estimate work content and duration
 * Capability to plan work loading for teams to prevent overload
 * Skilled at developing and instigating processes for industry best practices
 * Ability to ensure software quality levels are maintained for projects
 * Experienced in mentoring and developing junior engineers
 * Ability to delegate tasks effectively
 * Experience managing resources and budgets
 * Practical understanding of standards and their application
 * Appreciation of Cyber Security and its impacts on design
 * Demonstrated software skills in technologies such as C++, JavaScript, Python, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS, and others
 * Experience with web backend servers, Docker, SQL, and development tools

## Description

* Design and implement software solutions for underwater robotics applications
 * Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically complex software projects for subsea vehicles
 * Bind inputs from different software and engineering disciplines to successfully deliver software content
 * Ensure delivery of projects meets the companys business needs
 * Mentor and guide junior engineers
 * Develop and instigate processes to achieve industry best practices
 * Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
 * Manage resources and budgets effectively
 * Estimate work content and plan workloads
 * Interface directly with customers and act as a technical authority

Technologies:

 * AI
 * Backend
 * CSS
 * Docker
 * Embedded
 * JSON
 * JavaScript
 * Python
 * Robotics
 * SQL
 * Security
 * Web
 * XML
 * API
 * ASP.NET
 * Angular
 * C++
 * Django
 * Linux
 * NodeJS
 * Qt
 * React
 * Visual Studio
 * Windows