Please note: candidates must have at least 5 years of continuous UK residency and ideally be a UK Sole National.

Our client is a Shrivenham-based high-tech electronics business producing specialist RF systems for defence, satcom and industrial customers. Part of a larger defence group, the business operates with full SME autonomy and has grown revenues from £11m to £19m since 2022.

The business is restructuring its technical leadership, and the Software Team Lead is arguably the most strategically significant appointment being made.

The role

Software has historically served hardware programmes. That model is changing. The business is moving towards software as a standalone capability — reusable, modular, platform-driven and revenue-generating. You'll help lead that transition.

Day to day: line management of a small and growing software team, resource allocation, code governance, best practice ownership and acting as the interface between software engi...