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Job Title – Software Team Lead

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Please note, we do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (up to 3 days per week on average) Job ID – 14648

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides enduring, robust and cutting-edge Integrated Platform Management Systems (IPMS) for the UK Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.In this role, you will be the functional manager of the control software team including development of the capability, management of resource demand, recruitment and optimisation of processes across all of the MAPPS UK Ltd projects.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible – We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (up to 3 days per week on average)

• Half day finish on a Friday

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days

• Private medical insurance with optional family cover

• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)

• Group income protection

• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

  What the role will involve

  The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Taking a leading role in the development of all software engineering processes; covering Agile approaches, configuration control, safety related development, improvement and evolution of process and procedure

• Set clear standards and procedures for the software aspects of project development and delivery, tracking project progress and generating reports to stakeholders

• Acting as the Software Technical Authority on T26 PMS project covering resource allocation in Sprint Teams, estimation, progress tracking, client liaison on Software Engineering issues, develop initiatives to improve quality and productivity

• Managing and developing a team of software engineers, fostering great communication between team members and vertically through the organisation

• Ensure that the team has appropriate technical competencies, skills and behaviors and developing the team to support future growth and technology/product roadmaps

  What you’ll bring

  The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a Software Engineering role

• Experience of leading and making improvements to software development methodologies (Agile and/or Waterfall) and processes

• Experience in configuration control and change processing

• Experience of leading software engineering development projects through the software lifecycle

• An appreciation of a software language would be beneficial

  Important to know

  Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

  As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

  We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.