hackajob is collaborating with Leonardo to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Job Description: The Opportunity Your Impact Here at Leonardo, we are seeking experienced Lead Software Engineers to take on pivotal Technical Authority roles within our Integrated Sensors and Protection line of business, working on a range of defence projects. This role combines technical leadership with strategic influence, offering significant autonomy and responsibility for critical software components or entire projects. Direct industry experience is not required; we are happy to explore all backgrounds and help develop all our software engineers. What you will do: We want to develop a new generation of features and capabilities using innovative software solutions and we need you to create them. You will be a key part in a community of world-class software engineers who will continuously improve, collaborate and innovate with other engineers to create market-leading products within the defence industry. What You''ll Bring: Understanding and knowledge of one or more of the following: Several years of C++ software engineering experience in aerospace, defence, or other mission/safety-critical domains. Development of new applications to meet user expectations and within formal constraints. Familiarity with the tools and approaches to embedded development. Experience with developing Windows and Linux applications. Experience of using Iterative development lifecycles (for ..... full job details .....