Senior Principal Software Engineer

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant commercial experience developing embedded software using C/C++.
• Strong background in real-time embedded systems.
• Proven experience defining software architecture and technical strategy.
• Experience developing software within safety-critical or highly regulated engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of DO-178C and the software certification lifecycle.
• Experience designing deterministic and fault-tolerant software systems.
• Previous technical leadership, mentoring, or engineering management experience.
• Strong knowledge of software verification and validation methodologies.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with model-based development using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Knowledge of ARINC standards or MIL-STD communication protocols.
• Experience working on advanced control systems, embedded electronics, or high-integrity engineering applications.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the software architecture and technical direction for complex embedded software projects.
• Design, develop, and maintain real-time embedded software using C/C++.
• Develop software for advanced control and actuation systems.
• Work closely with systems, hardware, and verification engineers to ensure successful software integration.
• Ensure software is developed in accordance with DO-178C and other applicable safety-critical standards.
• Lead software verification, validation, and integration activities.
• Drive engineering best practice throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to software engineering teams.
• Participate in technical reviews and support key engineering decisions.
• Contribute to the delivery of highly reliable, mission-critical software solutions.

Technologies:

• Embedded
• Hardware
• Support
• Matlab
• C++

More:

We are a leading global engineering organisation recruiting for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to take a senior technical leadership role, developing advanced embedded software for complex, safety-critical engineering applications. You will help define software architecture, influence technical strategy, and lead the development of high-integrity software solutions used within highly regulated environments. You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, mentor engineers, and drive technical excellence throughout the software development lifecycle. We are urgently looking to fill this position. We specialise in engineering, aerospace, and aviation recruitment and pride ourselves on delivering a personal, professional, and friendly service to our clients and candidates. We are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client for this vacancy.

last updated 31 week of 2026