Job Description
Knowledge, skills and personal qualities required
· Proven ability to lead software developments
· Experience of lead teams of software engineers either functionally or in a line management role
· Educated to Degree or equivalent level in a software engineering or related discipline
· Knowledge and understanding of Software Engineering. Preferably have an understanding of military systems, in particular maritime systems
· Understanding of Open Systems Architectures and Principles
· Significant experience of Software Engineering Lifecycle processes and tools
· Ability to solve complex problems and to critically review results and methods to ensure quality
· Ability to expand knowledge into new domain areas, work across domains and see the bigger picture
· Excellent communication skills, including delivery of presentations
· Excellent written skills particularly technical report writing, ability to communicate with expert and non-expert stakeholders
· Ideally the candidate will have experience in one or more of the following domain areas:
Maritime Combat Systems, integration of equipment and software
Mine countermeasures
Off-board unmanned systems
Command and Control Systems
Acoustics / Sonar
Software Safety (DEF STAN 00-56 & IEC 61508 or equivalent)
Primary software/system skills/experience
Requirements management (DOORS experience desirable)
UML / Enterprise Architect for system design
C++ / Visual Studio
Java / JavaFX / Netbeans
Unit Testing / JUnit / CppUnit
HMI design and development
Configuration management / Subversion / Mantis
ISO 9001 and TickITplus standards