Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Frimley – On Site

Salary: £40,748+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

· Develop design solutions to meet an agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones

· Develop and manage requirements and the overall acceptance criteria specific to IT Rigs, and systems and products across the platform or programmes

· You will be attending factory acceptance tests and assisting in the development of test procedures

· Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including; diagrams, technical specifications, supporting calculations, software designs and justifications

· Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive and is captured within the requirements management tools whilst also being endorsed by the appropriate level of authority

· Undertake design reviews and presentations to share and report to stakeholders and, offer mentorship to junior team members

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Previous software development experience

• Familiar with coding languages Python, YAML, PowerShell.

• Virtualisation

Desirable:

• Ansible Playbooks

• VMWare

• ProFTP

• BitBUCKET

• Software Defined Data Centres

• Atlassian tools (Confluence and JIRA)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

The Platform Realisation Team:

This is a burgeoning team within BAE working on some of the most key IT and Software to help develop and progress the multimillion-pound projects and deploying the CS on several submarines. You will be able to help form the IT business area and shape the future of this team with BAE. You will have the opportunity to liaise with key stakeholders and you will receive opportunities for self-development to Lead your own Team and to build a lasting career with BAE Systems.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 2nd September 2025

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.

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