Software Engineering Manager - Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

Role overview

Workplace and schedule

• The posting labels the position both onsite and hybrid, and specifies hybrid working with a minimum of three days per week on site.
• The role is based in Harlow, Essex.
• The stated working week is 37 hours, with hours potentially varying by role requirements or site arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the ATMS software engineering team across programmes, product development, and R&D.
• Lead proposals, estimates, architecture, software design and development, Agile delivery, DevSecOps, and CI/CD.
• Set engineering standards, governance, and metrics; oversee integration, verification, validation, release, quality, and technical risk.
• Work with systems, test and integration, product management, and cyber security teams.
• Support assurance, certification, accreditation, recruitment, succession planning, and product roadmaps.

Essential requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Software engineering team leadership and line management experience across product development and programme environments.
• Experience with engineering capability, processes, tools, software architecture, SDLC, governance, and Agile or Waterfall methods.
• Experience delivering complex software in regulated, safety-critical, or mission-critical environments and using DevSecOps practices.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; eligibility for UK MOD Security Clearance (SC minimum).

Desirable experience

• Air Traffic Management, Air Traffic Control, aerospace, or defence experience is desirable.
• Radar knowledge, modelling and simulation, MBSE implementation, certification knowledge, and distributed or real-time software experience are desirable.

Benefits

• Benefits include a contributory pension, life assurance, annual leave with options to buy or sell days, and a discretionary company bonus.
• The posting also lists flexible benefits, enhanced sick pay, family-friendly policies, and up to five paid volunteering days.