Software Project Lead

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This is a phenomenal opportunity to be at the heart of an exciting phase of transforming the way we develop and deliver software to facilitate testing across the whole of the MBDA UK product portfolio. Job Title: Software Project Lead Salary: £55,000 - £75,000 depending on experience Location: Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role) Dynamic (hybrid) working: Typically 3-4 days per week on-site due to workload classification Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship . Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 or 21% of salary (Depending on Grade)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime (Depending on Grade)
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days (Depending on Grade)
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...The opportunity: Test Equipment (TE) Software Resource and Capability UK deliver the MBDA UK software test capability in partnership with our colleagues in Electronic Design, the Test Centre of Excellence and other areas of Software Engineering. We facilitate robust and timely test of missile systems and ensure MBDA continues to provide a decisive military capability for our home nations and their allies. The Department is responsible for developing and supporting software packages that utilise Test Equipment hardware to configure, verify and validate the conformance and quality of our MBDA UK product range from development, through production and into field test scenarios. We're a multi-disciplined, dynamic, focused and agile team specialising in all aspects of test solution design, including software, hardware, simulation and real-time systems. It is great a place to learn about