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Principal Software Engineer

Job in Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex County, CB10, England, UK
Listing for: Blighter Surveillance Systems
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-20
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, C++ Developer, Embedded Software Engineer, Software Architect
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 GBP Yearly GBP 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Great Chesterford

The Opportunity

Thisroletakes asenior position in the development ofour

Blighter

Nexusradarcommand &control software

We are expanding our software engineering team to meet the requirements of a demanding and exciting product roadmap. At Blighter, wedevelopall the softwarerequiredto use our range of radar products, from the radar's onboard processing software to the external command and control. To deliver the capabilities that our next generation radars require, we are undertaking a program ofextensivesoftware development.

Thisroletakes asenior position in the development ofour

Blighter

Nexusradarcommand &control software, with a focus on the design and architecture ofcomplexdata processing, distribution, and display systems.

You will gain a comprehensive understanding of both

Blighter

Nexusand theradar software itinterfaceswith, andsteer the development of major new Nexus features.

The right candidate brings significant industry experience, andis looking totake ownership of significant product developments working with cutting-edgeradar hardware.

Key responsibilities
  • Guidethe design & development ofmajorcomponents of our radar command & control software.
  • Design and develop software to aid integration with third party surveillance & security systems.
  • Design and develop software to improve and enhanceourusers' experiences.
  • Lead by example in the improvement of software engineering technique sand processes.
Required Qualifications & skills
  • Experience owning and leading project teams delivering significant software developments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • 15+ years software development experience.
  • Excellent understanding and experience of object-oriented software design with C++.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of across-functional team.
  • Creative & analytic problem-solving skills.
  • Effective at working directly with end customers & users.
You should have some of the following
  • Software based degree, or an engineering/science degree with software bias.
  • Experience in the development of security/defence command & control(C2) software.
  • Experience working with or knowledge of SQL databases.
  • Knowledge and experience of effective UI design & UX best practice.
  • Good understanding of real-time software design & development.
  • Experience with embedded Linux and embedded software development.
  • Mathematicalandstatistical analysis skills.
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