Lead Software Integration Manager

London

Competitive salary

As a Lead Software Integration Engineer at HS2 you will provide leadership for the system software integration ensuring that the HS2 railway delivers the end-state railway performance for passengers, operators, and the public.

About the role:

• Lead delivery of the HS2 Software Integration workstream to ensure that HS2 railway will deliver the required end-state railway capabilities for passengers, operators, and public
• Provide leadership and management of the Software Integration function ensuring the technical deliverables achieve the right quality, along with supporting the project manager to deliver to time and to budget
• Define and own the methodology to deliver the Software Integration workstream and lead collaboration with stakeholders across the HS2 programme to ensure that suitable resources, tools, and process are in place to deliver this
• Acting as the SW technical single point of contact, representing the HS2 Prime System Integration,
  • To accept the contractors’ SW development and quality assurance plan,
  • To ensure compliancy to the SW System requirements
  • To validate the contractors’ implementation of the SW relevant standards and best practice.
  • To perform audits on the contractors SW developments and
  • To agree on the released software maturity before being tested and deployed
• Provide engineering leadership and systems integration thinking, acting as a key leader and communicator for the implementation of SW systems integration across HS2
• Plan and manage work so that it aligns with the overall HS2 delivery schedule
• Works as a proactive member of the functional integration team within the HS2 Systems Integration department. Provides timely information on the progress of own work, and direct reports, including risks and issue, progress against plans, metrics and KPIs as appropriate to the type of work
• Acting as the prime integrator of the SW integration and takes full accountability of the SW roadmap throughout the full engineering cycle including testing and commissioning stages and the HS2 phase opening
• The custodian of the SW delivery programme to ensure on time system integration milestone deliverables
• Ensures that safety is fully considered throughout the SW integration process.
• Use of best practice systems engineering techniques, technologies, and processes, driving consistency, and helping to identify opportunities for efficiencies across HS2
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills

• Ability to provide specialist technical direction and leadership on systems and subsystems Software integration to project development / delivery teams
• Ability to ascertain when to seek further support from other Subject Matter Expert or others
• Ability to provide technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams, working under supervision of line manager (or delegate)
• Ability to assimilate a wide range of multi-disciplinary information, problem solve and articulate systems engineering solutions, and the ability to use software management tools such as DOORS, JIRA, Polarion, etc.
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas to a wide range of audience at all levels
• Ability to formulate multi-disciplinary technical integration recommendations to peers and the senior leadership team
• Ability to apply principles relating to standards, safety, and the environment and able to articulate these to a wide range of senior stakeholders.

Knowledge

• Experience and practical ability in software development (both backend and frontend), software integration, software testing, Cyber security, techniques, and tools
• Experience and practical ability in software development languages and interfacing protocols for subsystems of high SIL rating
• Understanding of systems engineering and a range of sub-systems involved in railways
• Experience in creating SW System Level Requirements, and perform software audits throughout the SW development lifecycle
• Understanding and application of the relevant CENELEC standards e.g. BS EN 50126, BS EN 50128, BS EN 50129
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements Type of

Experience

• Experience in software development and managing end to end software deliverables on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme, and in a safety and security critical environment.
• Experience in managing a team of SW developers and testers throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Experience in collating, analysing, and communicating data to wide range of stakeholders
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

About Us:

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

We operate broad pay scales for all our roles to enable us to fulfil our commitments to inclusivity and career development. Final package is dependent on individual knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, we offer a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Closing date: 29 May 2022.