
Principal Software Engineer Southampton, England
Leonardo
Full Time
Southampton, England
36005 - 45931 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Closing Date:
This vacancy may close at any time, if this role is of interest to you we recommend you apply as soon as possible.
The Opportunity
At Leonardo, we are looking for a wide range of Software Engineers at various levels to join our team. Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK.
Leonardo is a leader in Electronics and developing advanced multi-domain technological solutions (Air, Land, Sea, Space and Cyber) for security within and beyond national borders. Our Sensors and Protection teams are based primarily at our Basildon and Southampton centres and are developing software solutions using a wide range to tools and methods.
What we can offer you:
Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options- Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
- Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
- Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
- Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
- Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
- Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
- Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
- We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
- Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
- Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
- Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
- Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
- Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 8 flexi days
What you will do
We want to develop a new generation of features and capabilities. We need innovative software solutions to help us with that mission and we need you to create them. You will be a key part in a community of world-class software engineers who will continuously improve, collaborate and innovate with other engineers to create market-leading products.
We've got big aspirations for software engineering at Leonardo, and you could join us on this amazing journey.
You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
What we are looking for
This is an exciting opportunity for you as an engineer to bring your skillset and knowledge to a forward thinking working environment. To stand out from the crowd you will consider yourself an expert in at least one of the following:
UML and C++- C & real-time embedded.
- Python, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GItlab
- OOD (Object Oriented Design) techniques
- Matlab Simulink
- Development of flexible architectures
- Communication frameworks
- Knowledge of standards such as RTCA 178C and coding standards such as MISRA C/C++
- Full software lifecycle including: Requirements Management, Design, Implementation, Test and Integration
- Rhapsody, VxWorks, DOORS, Dimensions or similar tools
If you do not consider yourself an expert yet, but have a keen interest in becoming one in the near future, then we still want to hear from you.
Personal attributes and values are just as important to us as technical ability so we are looking for engineers with a willingness to learn, progress and develop through our devoted technical career path. Who are passionate in what they do and can deliver a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Life at Leonardo
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Our UK locations
We have offices around the UK, including Basildon, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Luton, Southampton and Yeovil
Committed to Inclusion
We are committed to creating a working environment that is designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed.

Leonardo
https://uk.leonardo.com/
London, United Kingdom
Alessandro Profumo
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Aerospace & Defence
1948