Control Systems Software Lead

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: UK-Security Check (SC)

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.

Salary: £53,000 - £76,000

Role clearance type: You must be able to gain and maintain UK Government clearance

Location:  Burlington House, New Malden, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, UK.

Your Opportunity:

In this role you will part of the team that works on cutting-edge technology and capabilities whilst applying Control Systems Engineering techniques in a very specific fashion on strategically important National Defence Programmes.  

As the technical lead for the software engineering team, this role will be to drive the delivery of software artefacts and to proactively manage the day to day tasks of the software team, ensuring full lifecycle and customer requirements are met through process and procedural activities.

Your Benefits:

• Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
• Flexible Benefits Package – choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
• Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Your Responsibilities:

• Capture, interpret and develop customer requirements.
• Report project status to the project management team.
• Manage the task allocation of the software team.
• Assist in the production of robust PMS development lifecycles and suitable workflows and for both Software and Hardware architectures.
• Produce technical documentation in accordance with company/customer procedures.
• Specify, design and de-risk solutions for PLC/SCADA control systems.

Your Experience:

• Proven experience in the design and integration of PLC control systems and SCADA systems.
• Able to produce technical documentation.
• Siemens Step 7 professional, Siemens S7-300/400 FH series PLCs and ET 200M distributed I/O (Hardware & Software).
• Large scale/infrastructure SCADA development experience.
• Industrial Ethernet based communication protocols and networking standards.

Your Future Team

“People are our most important asset. It’s my role to ensure that we have empowered and independent engineers who can apply their skills and engineering thinking across our various programmes, delivering not only technical but professional solutions whilst enabling continuous learning both within and outside their functional skills base.”

Engineering Authority Under Water Account @ Northrop Grumman UK

As a multi-disciplined collaborative team we deliver total solutions to our customers. We think outside of the box, to achieve the desired functional capability that in other industries is often overlooked or not necessary.

Our matrix driven organisation provides new experiences and skills, with continuous development both at a functional level and at a programme level. We are proud of our quality of work.

Diversity is at the heart of our success. Our team share experience, knowledge and new thinking gained from a wide range of backgrounds perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements across several industries. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

About Our Responsibilities:

Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, cultivating a place where you can learn and thrive, working alongside the best minds in industry. We’ll give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business. 

We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do.

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Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.