Senior/Principal Software Engineer located on-site in Rochester, United Kingdom. Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of embedded software for complex, safety-critical systems. You will develop drivers, protocols and human-machine interfaces, define architectures, and address engineering challenges through integration, verification and validation. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and influence best practices. You will engage with customers and stakeholders to shape strategy and deliver high-impact solutions across the full lifecycle.

Key responsibilities: - Lead the design and development of embedded software, including drivers, protocols and HMIs with certification artefacts - Define system and software architectures from requirements using structured design, modelling and simulation - Drive integration, verification and validation within a safety-critical environment - Provide technical leadership through mentoring, peer reviews and best practices - Deliver reliable estimates, including sizing and reuse - Engage with customers to resolve technical challenges and shape solutions - Contribute to engineering processes, design reviews and strategic decisions, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery

Essential Skills: - A degree or equivalent experience in a Scientific/Engineering environment (electronics-engineering, software-engineering, physics, maths) - Excellent Software Engineering skills, with significant experience in C/C++ - Extensive experience of Software Ar

Senior/Principal Software Engineer located on-site in Rochester, United Kingdom. Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of embedded software for complex, safety-critical systems. You will develop drivers, protocols and human-machine interfaces, define architectures, and address engineering challenges through integration, verification and validation. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and influence best practices. You will engage with customers and stakeholders to shape strategy and deliver high-impact solutions across the full lifecycle.

Key responsibilities: - Lead the design and development of embedded software, including drivers, protocols and HMIs with certification artefacts - Define system and software architectures from requirements using structured design, modelling and simulation - Drive integration, verification and validation within a safety-critical environment - Provide technical leadership through mentoring, peer reviews and best practices - Deliver reliable estimates, including sizing and reuse - Engage with customers to resolve technical challenges and shape solutions - Contribute to engineering processes, design reviews and strategic decisions, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery

Essential Skills: - A degree or equivalent experience in a Scientific/Engineering environment (electronics-engineering, software-engineering, physics, maths) - Excellent Software Engineering skills, with significant experience in C/C++ - Extensive experience of Software Ar