Engineering Specialist – Software Assurance

BAE Systems
India
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringSkills: ["Risk mitigation","Stakeholder management","Compliance mindset","Independent assurance","Best practices adoption"]

Provide independent software assurance across the software development lifecycle within the RCD Software Assurance Team for the River Class Destroyer programme. You’ll act as the project’s Software Assurance SME, assuring both developed and vendor-supplied software against quality, safety, security, and regulatory requirements. Working with systems engineers and stakeholders, you’ll identify and mitigate risks, support assurance-related engineering activities, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and frameworks.

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BAE Systems
BAE Systems
2 days ago

Engineering Specialist – Software Assurance

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Job Summary

Provide independent software assurance across the software development lifecycle within the RCD Software Assurance Team for the River Class Destroyer programme. You’ll act as the project’s Software Assurance SME, assuring both developed and vendor-supplied software against quality, safety, security, and regulatory requirements. Working with systems engineers and stakeholders, you’ll identify and mitigate risks, support assurance-related engineering activities, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and frameworks.
Location: India
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide independent software assurance across all software elements of the delivered platform.
  • •Assure software supplied by vendors and partners to meet contractual, regulatory, and project requirements.
  • •Act as the project’s Software Assurance Subject Matter Expert (SME).
  • •Support engineering activities related to software as required.
  • •Ensure compliance with organisational, customer, regulatory, safety, security, and industry standards.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 70,000

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of software engineering principles, development lifecycles, and assurance practices across developed and procured software.
  • •Knowledge of safety-critical, secure software in complex systems, ideally in defence or similarly regulated environments.
  • •Familiarity with software assurance standards (including ISO 12207 and MIL-STD-882E) and legal/regulatory frameworks such as configuration management and export control.
  • •Understanding of data structures, information architectures, and engineering toolchains supporting software development, assurance, and lifecycle management.
  • •Degree-qualified (in a relevant subject), Chartered Engineer (or equivalent), and a member of an appropriate professional institution.
Experience:DefenceAerospaceSecurityRegulated environments
Skills:Risk mitigationStakeholder managementCompliance mindsetIndependent assuranceBest practices adoption
Certifications:Chartered Engineer
Tech Stack:ISO 12207MIL-STD-882E

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Baseline Personnel Security StandardNational Security Vetting

Company Brief

BAE Systems
Multinational defence, security and aerospace company designing, manufacturing and supporting military and civilian systems including naval ships, submarines, aircraft, cyber solutions and electronic systems for governments and commercial customers.
Industry: Defense Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999
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