Software Development Team Leader

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Posted 01 Oct 2026

Benefits:25 days holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid and flexible working, Employee Assistance Programme, pension, company sick pay, excellent training and development.

About us

CMTG is a global leader in condition monitoring solutions, specialising in rotor track and balance for helicopters, condition monitoring for critical rotating industrial machinery and noise vibration analysis. With a legacy of innovation and excellence, we’re at the forefront of creating safer skies, smoother operations, and quieter environments.

From helicopters soaring above cities to industrial turbines powering the global energy industry, our cutting-edge technologies ensure optimal performance, safety, and efficiency. Our expertise expands across:

Rotor Track and Balance: Ensuring helicopters operate at peak performance by delivering solutions that reduce vibration and enhance safety.

Industrial Condition Monitoring: Helping the global energy sector keep their turbines and rotating machinery running seamlessly through advanced noise and vibration analysis.

Precision Accelerometers: Designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art accelerometers trusted worldwide for critical applications.

With a dedicated team of experts across our sites in the UK, USA, France, and Germany, we bring a collaborative, international perspective to every challenge we solve. This global presence ensures our customers benefit from local support combined with a world-class standard of innovation.

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Software Development Team Leader to lead and develop a team of software engineers, developers, and testers while remaining closely involved in technical delivery. You’ll help translate customer and business needs into robust software solutions and ensure the team has the direction, capability, tools, and support required to deliver them successfully.

You’ll work with the Engineering Leadership Team, Project Managers, Product Owners, System Engineers, and other stakeholders to balance immediate delivery priorities with the longer‑term software roadmap. You’ll also take ownership of software development methods, toolsets, and configuration management, promoting quality, continuous improvement, and dependable delivery.

Your key responsibilities will include:

People Leadership & Capability

• Line manage direct reports, including regular 1:1s, objective setting, performance reviews, appraisals, coaching, and support for wellbeing and development.
• Build and motivate an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team in which people are supported to do their best work.
• Identify skills, training, and personal development needs, ensuring the team’s capability can meet future business needs and deliver the software roadmap.
• Allocate selected software resources effectively, resolving priorities and resource conflicts in collaboration with the Engineering Leadership Team and Project Managers.

Design, Architecture & Hands-on Technical Delivery

• Maintain a strong hands-on technical contribution, designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems using established and emerging technologies within an Agile delivery environment.
• Lead system and feature design discussions, contributing to architectural decisions and guiding technical approaches across the team.
• Review and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical designs to ensure feasibility, clarity, testability, and alignment with architectural direction.
• Implement high-quality technical solutions and contribute to their evaluation, optimisation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical coaching through pair programming, code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.

Delivery Planning…