Software Engineering Resource Manager

Location: Tewkesbury

Salary: £40,000 - £70,0000

Clearance Required: SC

Penten Amio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us.

Across the UK and Australia, Penten Amio combines a legacy of knowledge and proven delivery across secure mobility and AI-driven deception technologies. Our work spans Government and Defence markets across civil and military applications, powering intelligent advantage on a global scale.

This is atechnical leadership rolewhere approximately
70% of yourtime is spent hands-on developing software, with the remaining
30% focused online management and developing a high-performing engineering team.

Working closely withthe Head of Software, you'll remain active software engineers while providing leadership, coaching and technical direction across the engineering function. This roleis ideal for experienced software engineers who enjoy mentoring others but stillwant to spendthe majority oftheir time designing, developing and reviewing high-quality software.

• Design, develop and maintain production-quality software as anactive member of engineering teams
• Write, review and optimise high-quality code, primarily inreal-time C
• Produce and review software architecture,design documentation and technical proposals
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews and engineering governance activities
• Support engineers through technical mentoring, pairing and collaborative problem solving
• Own the quality, maintainability and delivery of software solutions
• Apply modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing and secure development
• Contribute to planning, estimation and technical decision making across multiple projects
• Drive consistency in engineering standards,tooling and development practices

• Line manage ateam of approximately eight software engineers
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, objective setting and performance reviews
• Support career development through coaching, mentoring and development planning
• Identify training needsand help grow capability across the engineering function
• Support recruitment, onboarding and succession planning
• Work alongside theHead of Software to develop technical capability aligned tofuture business needs
• Encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration across engineering teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, standards andbest practice

• Strong background in software engineering withthe ability anddesire to remain hands-on
• Significant commercial experience developing software inC within embedded or low-level systems
• Experience working throughout the full software development lifecycle ina product development environment
• Strong understanding ofmodern software engineering practices including CI/CD, code reviewand automated testing
• Ability to interpret high-level requirement sand translate theminto practical technical solutions
• Strong communication skills with the abilityto engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience producing and reviewing high-quality technical documentation
• Experience supporting career progression and mentoring engineers
• Ability to build, motivate and develop high-performing engineering teams

• Experience with Goor Rust
• Experience developing modernweb applications
• Python and Bash scripting
• UI development using
  
  Qt or wx Python
• Experience with automated testing frameworks suchas Robot Frameworkor OpenHTF
• Knowledge of fuzzing and software analysis tools (AFL, PRQA, Lint or equivalent)
• Experience debugging embedded systems using oscilloscopes, bench power supplies and other laboratory equipment
• Experience driving engineering process improvements across multiple teams

At Penten Amio, wevalue our employee sand offer acomprehensive benefits package, including:

• Life Insurance - 4xSalary
• Private Health Scheme
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Company Pension, matched upto 10%
• 25 Days Holiday+ Bank/Public Holidays
• Option to buyan additional 37.5holiday hours
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Coffee & Cake mornings every fortnight
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Team Away Days

• Free on-site parking
• Free Flu Vaccination
• Casual dress code
• Free fruit inthe office

To be eligible for this position you must:

• Hold a relevant degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent professional experience, and;
• Be a British citizen, and;
• Hold or be eligible for UK National Security Vetting(NSV) at SClevel (DV desirable)

Penten Amio is committed to providing equality of opportunity forall. We aimto ensure our workplaces are freefrom discrimination andthat our current and future colleagues are treated fairyl while and with respect. Please inform us ofany…