Electrics Development Team Lead (ESCC)

Job Description

Job title: Electrics Development Team Lead

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

Salary: £54,793+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Gathering requirements, solution design and solution task decomposition
• Solution development, unit testing, code review, peer testing, performance testing
• Writing and assembling process, technical and user documentation, release notes etc.
• Co-ordinating and performing release activities, packaging and deployment of software
• Line management, admin and personal development of team including reporting of team activities
• Ensuring adherence to development lifecycle, coding and quality standards
• Maintaining and managing development, issue tracking, config control, code versioning and build tools

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Electrical engineering domain knowledge
• Agile object-oriented web application and standalone application development
• Knowledge of Java EE, Oracle SQL
• Ability to work collaboratively in customer-facing roles, manage stakeholders effectively, and demonstrate technical fluency

Desirable:

• Knowledge of XML, Hibernate, Oracle Fusion Middleware (WebLogic), Apache, Tomcat (Tom-EE), Oracle ADF is desirable
• Windows and Linux Shell scripting

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 Engineering Systems Competency Centre (ESCC) – Electrical Development:

As an Electrics Team Lead, you will be professionally responsible for all technical activities involved in the development, integration and through-life support of engineering software tools to budget, schedule and to the appropriate quality level to enable the ESCC customers to achieve their business goals

The ESCC team play a key role in developing bespoke software applications tailored to support all aircraft platforms, ensuring compatibility with any aircraft type. They create and maintain electronic software utilised by over 600 users, providing robust customer support across regions such as Qatar, Oman, and KSA. In this customer-facing role, engineers work closely with clients to understand new requirements, translating them into effective software solutions that meet operational needs.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for 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: 26^th March 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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