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Senior Principal Software Engineer
Arden White LimitedBack Of Avon, Tewkesbury🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 3 Aug 2026
Why This Role Stands Out
You'll lead technical strategy and architect cutting-edge embedded software for safety-critical applications, offering significant career growth and the chance to mentor a talented team within a reputable global organization. This hybrid role is perfect for experienced C/C++ embedded software engineers who excel in collaborative environments and are driven by technical excellence. Apply now to shape the future of advanced engineering solutions!
Quick Overview
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Leader
Job Description
Arden White Aerospace and Aviation Recruitment are currently working with a leading global engineering organisation, recruiting for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineering professional to take a senior technical leadership role, developing advanced embedded software for complex, safety critical engineering applications. You will play a key role in defining software architecture, influencing technical strategy and leading the development of high integrity software solutions used within highly regulated environments.
Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will help deliver robust, reliable software while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence throughout the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
About Us Arden White specialises in Engineering, Aerospace and Aviation recruitment. We believe in the value of a personal touch and strive to be recognised, appreciated and remembered for our service.
Note:Arden White is acting as a recruitment agency for this position.
If you feel you have the skills to succeed in this role, please click to apply.
Arden White specialises in technical engineering recruitment, and all job applications are managed by our team. We believe in the value of a personal touch, and we work hard to deliver aswift, professional, and friendly service for our clients and candidates. We are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client for this vacancy, and whilst we are advertising the role, we are not the hiring company.
Due to the high volume of applications, were unable to respond to everyone individually. If you havent heard from us within 14 days, unfortunately youve not been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, please continue to monitor our website vacancies for more opportunities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineering professional to take a senior technical leadership role, developing advanced embedded software for complex, safety critical engineering applications. You will play a key role in defining software architecture, influencing technical strategy and leading the development of high integrity software solutions used within highly regulated environments.
Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will help deliver robust, reliable software while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence throughout the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead the software architecture and technical direction for complex embedded software projects.
- Design, develop and maintain real time embedded software using C/C++.
- Develop software for advanced control and actuation systems.
- Work closely with systems, hardware and verification engineers to ensure successful software integration.
- Ensure software is developed in accordance with DO-178C and other applicable safety critical standards.
- Lead software verification, validation and integration activities.
- Drive engineering best practice throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to software engineering teams.
- Participate in technical reviews and support key engineering decisions.
- Contribute to the delivery of highly reliable, mission critical software solutions.
- Significant commercial experience developing embedded software using C/C++.
- Strong background in real time embedded systems.
- Proven experience defining software architecture and technical strategy.
- Experience developing software within safety critical or highly regulated engineering environments.
- Strong understanding of DO-178C and the software certification lifecycle.
- Experience designing deterministic and fault tolerant software systems.
- Previous technical leadership, mentoring or engineering management experience.
- Strong knowledge of software verification and validation methodologies.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience with model based development using MATLAB/Simulink.
- Knowledge of ARINC standards or MIL-STD communication protocols.
- Experience working on advanced control systems, embedded electronics or high integrity engineering applications.
About Us Arden White specialises in Engineering, Aerospace and Aviation recruitment. We believe in the value of a personal touch and strive to be recognised, appreciated and remembered for our service.
Note:Arden White is acting as a recruitment agency for this position.
If you feel you have the skills to succeed in this role, please click to apply.
Arden White specialises in technical engineering recruitment, and all job applications are managed by our team. We believe in the value of a personal touch, and we work hard to deliver aswift, professional, and friendly service for our clients and candidates. We are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client for this vacancy, and whilst we are advertising the role, we are not the hiring company.
Due to the high volume of applications, were unable to respond to everyone individually. If you havent heard from us within 14 days, unfortunately youve not been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, please continue to monitor our website vacancies for more opportunities.
Skills
MATLAB
Embedded Systems
C++
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