Lead Software Engineer
Saab UK · Fareham · posted 10 days ago
Going rate £54,700UK median £56,914
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2134Programmers and software development professionals
Going rate for this occupation: £54,700 · UK median pay £56,914
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Where this salary sits
- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£47,371 to £66,810estimated
- Going rate£54,700
- UK median£56,914
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £32,835 |
| 25th | £42,289 |
| 50th | £56,914 |
| 75th | £75,794 |
| 90th | £102,860 |
| Going rate | £54,700 |
| UK median | £56,914 |
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Introduction
Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
The Role:
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Saab Seaeye Underwater Robotics Business in Fareham.
The role will be lead design and implement software solutions for underwater robotics applications in line with the company's business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism.
Able to demonstrate expertise and experience in software used on industrial/vehicle/vessel systems.
Reporting to the Software Manager the Software Lead role involves taking responsibility for the delivery of projects and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically complex software projects for subsea vehicles and associated robotic functions. Typically requiring input from several differing software and engineering disciplines and supporting functions the software lead is able to bind these inputs together to successfully deliver the software content for Saab products.
Qualifications and Skills:
Required skills:
A minimum of 7 years' experience as a Senior Engineer.
A Degree in a relevant Engineering Discipline.
Broad understanding of software from embedded though to applications
Leading multi-disciplined teams of software engineers
Able to develop a software architecture for complex systems from scratch
Sound understanding of modern software methods and technologies
Able to maintain a system level approach and not get lost in the detail
Able to develop system level requirements and derive lower level requirements to achieve these
Sound understanding of safety concepts and design
Able to interface directly with customers
Able to act as a technical authority
Able to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Able to estimate work content and duration
Able to plan work loading for teams ensuring no team member is overloaded
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