Software Group Lead

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

**About the role**

L3Harris in Eight Mile Plains is The Centre of Excellence for Electronic Warfare and is home to world-leading design, manufacture and integration expertise and the sustainment of high-reliability electronic warfare components. Our highly skilled workforce design and develop Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities such as the next-generation space, airborne and cyber capabilities for the Australian warfighter.

**What the role will involve**

The key responsibilities of your role will include the following:

- Provide technical oversight for all software designs produced by the SW Team.
- Foster professionalism within the SW Team with an on-time, on-budget delivery focus.
- Routinely review the design tools and processes with a view towards identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities.
- Manage the SW Team capacity and individual loading in consultation with Project Managers/Engineers to optimise delivery and maximize throughput.
- Coordinate goal setting and performance reviews within the SW Team.
- Identify training and career development needs and generate proposals to support funding for these.
- Identify tools (incl. software) and equipment to improve capability and efficiency and generate CAPEX proposals, incl. justifications.
- Contribute as required to the development of new bids and contract proposals.
- Assist in recruiting, onboarding and on-the-job training of SW Team members.
- Provide regular status reporting.
- Attend engineering leadership team meetings and present the status and short-term plan of the SW Team.
- Contribute to project and departmental Risk Management activities.
- Participate in Change Control Board meetings.
- Ensure adherence of the SW Team to all company quality processes and procedures in support of AS9100 accreditation.

Other responsibilities will include:

- Provide requirements and support for DevOps maintenance.
- Report directly to the Engineering Manager on the overall SW Engineering capability including processes, tools and training.
- Review and approve software designs.
- Review project schedules to ensure financial and time constraints are suitable from a SW Team perspective.
- Oversee verification and release of software deliveries and ensure functional requirements are met.
- Interact with customers and participate in customer reviews.
- Write, review and/or approve software related documentation, including project deliverables.
- Collaborate with the other engineering discipline Group Leads.
- Mentor junior engineers.
- Provide software engineering support to manufacturing when required.
- Selection and management of software subcontractors where required.
- When required, provide support to the SW Team’s efforts in development, testing and debugging.
- Support development of R&D proposals aligned with strategic direction.

**What you’ll bring**

The role requires the following experience and skills:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or equivalent.
- 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering and development.
- 3+ years of experience in a leadership position.
- Experience in developing software in C/C++.
- Experience using GIT.
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira/Confluence).
- Experience in writing automated tests for software.
- Experience establishing and maintaining DevOps.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to internal and external stakeholders.
- Accuracy, thoroughness, persistence and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Ability to lead a small design team.
- Effective delegation skills.

**Desirable**:

- Experience with Xilinx hardware targets and tooling.
- Experience with Python.
- Experience with web frameworks such as React.

**A few of our employee benefits are**:

- An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
- Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years).
- Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location.
- Discounted private health insurance.
- Lif