About the role
Team Leader - Software Platforms Team Leader - Software Platforms Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications. Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics. Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself: https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk OVERVIEW OF ROLE Advanced Navigation enters a new phase of Growth and International expansion. The Software Platforms team develops software that ensures that our products are the most reliable, high performance navigation products in the world. As a Team Lead on the Software Platforms Team, you will be instrumental in realising this ambition. This role is a blend of hands-on engineering and people leadership. As
the Team Lead, you will take on a high level of technical leadership to develop software for our market-leading portfolio of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS). You will spend approximately 50-60% of your time deeply embedded in technical execution coding, driving architecture, and mentoring engineers. The remainder of your time will be dedicated to project delivery, roadmap predictability, and formal line management for a team of 5–7 embedded software engineers. You will serve as the delivery anchor for your squad, collaborating closely with your Product Manager, peer Team Leads, and the Head of Software Platforms to seamlessly turn high-level strategic product
requirements into high-quality engineering realities. ROLES &
RESPONSIBILITIES Model ideal developer behaviours, championing deep-dive code reviews, rigorous test-driven design, and technical debt management. Ensure all software designs tightly integrate with internal hardware platforms and meet rigorous strategic engineering benchmarks. Lead the design and development of embedded software for our navigation product range in collaboration with our Principal and Lead Engineers. Drive accountability within your engineering team to guarantee software features are delivered to agreed schedules. Partner closely with your team’s Product Manager to evaluate timelines, map dependencies, and ensure engineering designs fulfill customer
