Software Development Lead in Farnborough, Hampshire

Job Profile of a Software Development Lead

The successful candidate will design and document the software architecture. Support the planning of the next software increments/release/sprint and contribute to the definition and improvement of design. They will also review and update Software Development Process documentation to support RTCA DO-178C compliance.
You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Tasks & Accountability's for a Software Development Lead

• Elicit, analyse and derive requirements from stakeholder needs or upper- level requirements, over the successive system decomposition levels.
• Write requirements in compliance with quality criteria, avoiding over- and under- specification.
• Manage specificities of interface requirements.
• Define & justify the requirements allocation to the given system elements taking into account the architectural interfaces and constraints, (e.g. requirements constraining system architecture), ensuring traceability.
• Manage requirement changes, including impact analysis and requirements baseline establishment.
• Verify that the sub-system, equipment and component's requirements are correctly and completely implemented.
• Ensure software is tested and retains MISRA-C compliance and high-levels of statement coverage.
• Manage the end-to-end Software Development Process to gain and maintain DO-178C compliance.

Skills/Experience Required as a Software Development Lead

My client appreciates that not everyone will have all the skills/experience listed below, and would welcome applications even if you do not meet all the requirements.

• Team leading experience.
• Project planning and estimating
• Requirements modelling and documentation.
• Software architecture and Detailed Design documentation.
• Embedded Functional C and C++.
• Python (test scripts).
• Experience developing Airborne Master Software.
• Experience developing safety related/critical software to RTCA DO178 DAL C.
• Experience conforming to MISRA-C/C++ coding standards.
• Experience with static and Dynamic Analysis tools.
• Understanding of Hardware interfaces (Complex Electronic Hardware, FPGAs).

Other desirable skills and experience:

• Eclipse IDE.
• Tortoise SVN (Change Control System).
• Modelling in UML (Sparx Enterprise Architect).
• Trace32 (Dynamic Analysis).
• PC-LINT (Static Analysis).
• Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Conduction Software code reviews.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.