Software Engineering Manager

Job description

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thales have an exciting opportunity and are looking to recruit an experienced Software Engineering Manager with a background in engineering related business to join our growing software community across our Glasgow and Reading sites. Working as part of a growing and diverse team, you will work across a diverse product portfolio that encompasses cutting edge land, sea and air products and fulfil an integral software leadership role, involved in managing and monitoring software developments across the full software life-cycle (Agile, Incremental and Waterfall).

As a software leader you will define, tailor and proactively enforce the software process to be followed, request and manage resources, be responsible for project work packages/budgets, lead the estimating activities where requested and lead and contribute to continuous improvement activities on project and to the wider software function. Thales operates a hybrid working model where it is possible to blend working from home and on site.

This role is open to full or part-time candidates.

Responsibilities
You will:
• Lead the definition and tailoring of the software process to be followed on a project and deliver software development plans as required
• Work collaboratively with software and other engineering functions to provide realistic and pragmatic release plans for the software element of the project/product.
• Proactively ensure that the defined software development process is followed and necessary artefacts are generated to adequate quality, timeliness and budget
• Report monthly to the Head of Software and Project Managers the work package performance that you're responsible for with a view to maintaining and bettering available budgets and delivery milestones. Include standard metrics suite
• Provide line management to software engineers, providing timely constructive feedback on performance through regular performance discussions and wellbeing 1-2-1s
• Competently represent the company and the software function at customer facing meetings or audits
• Lead the estimating process for the software function and collaborate with other engineering functions to build realistic and affordable winning bids
• Support Agile Scrum teams and work with the Product Owners and Scrum Masters to maintain focus on milestones and budgets
• Ensure peer reviews of work and generation of necessary materials for major gate reviews for milestone deliveries are carried out as per the plans
• Identify and mitigate risk within assigned work packages
• Provide coaching and support to more junior engineers

Requirements

We would love to hear from you if:

• You are a self-motivated software professional with strong experience in successfully leading software projects to deliver on-time and to budget preferably for real-time and embedded software systems.
• Experience with and conversant in Agile development methodologies with a track record in continuous improvement
• Proficient in Jira for loading epics and stories for backlog management and the generation and management of metrics
• Experience in IBM DOORS for tracking requirements definition and maturation, linkages and traceability and ultimately compliance is desirable
• Developed software systems to meet the cyber-security needs of the customer and other stakeholders is desirable
• Developing software systems to meet international safety systems such as IEC 61508 or DO-178C is desirable
• Experience in developing with languages C++ and C are desirable

Due to the nature of the work the candidate should hold or be able to hold UK Secret clearance.

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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