Principal Software Engineer - Automation

BAE Systems; Greater London; On-site; GBP 67,000; Full time

Job description

Job title: Principal Software Engineer – Automation

Location: New Malden or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £67,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing technical leadership by taking ownership of complex automation solutions, engaging with stakeholders and end users
• Reviewing and debugging of complex automation scripts
• Providing specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise to members of other teams
• Provision of support and oversight for the work of other team members
• Designing solutions for deploying and configuring software and systems
• Developing and maintaining software relating to automation of system build and deployment
• Performing investigations and identifying appropriate solutions to emerging issues
• Answering technical queries about his/her own work and supplying technical support and expertise to others as required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of working with large complex systems, ideally in the naval sector
• Background in software engineering
• PowerShell or C#
• VM Ware and virtualisation techniques

Desirable:

• Techniques for automation of installation and deployment software
• Experience of strong configuration management practices

Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.

Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Install team:

The Install team develop and maintain scripts and applications which enable the packaging and installation of software builds relating to a number of naval combat system products. The purpose of this role is to design, develop and maintain the installation framework, applications and application specific installation solutions.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 25th April 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 5th May.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.