Lead Software Engineer

Job Title:

Software Engineer

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:  £49,400 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing :

Active  participation in various stages of the software lifecycle, such as gathering requirements, designing appropriate solutions and ensuring that the end product meets the requirements through varied levels of testing

Environment configuration and  management  for applications such as SQL Server, CATIA, Visual Studio

Support, enhance and develop the documentation knowledge base

Carry  out data migration activities

Take application deployment into development environment

Support of development, testing and production environments

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Proven  experience working as a software engineer

Experience of a developing application in a professional context in relevant programming language

Desirable:

Relevant software or computing qualifications

Experience of C++, C#, Java, Blazor or other programming languages

Benefits

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Engineering Systems    Competency    Centre

The Engineering Systems  Competency  Centre have a history of writing highly mathematical software, with a specific focus on engineering software. From CAD customisation software and aerodynamic modelling applications delivered as native experiences to document viewing and electrical catalogue  management  delivered over the web.

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:  9th January 2026

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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