Senior Systems Engineer

Overview

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will guide product delivery across the full lifecycle, from requirements to acceptance. You’ll work in a defence-focused environment, often on training systems, balancing technical oversight with delivery. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, procurement support, and stakeholder coordination, with travel and security clearance requirements. You will contribute to system architecture, documentation, and continuous improvement, in a hybrid, client-facing setup.

Pay / Benefits

• 37hr working week with early finish Fridays
• 25 days holiday + public holidays, plus buy/sell/rollover of up to 5 days
• 10.5% company pension contribution with 6% employee contribution
• annual discretionary bonus
• life assurance with pension
• flexible benefits including health cashplan and Cycle to Work

Responsibilities

• Define work packages and technical requirements with the Solution Architect
• Contribute to execution and delivery of key work packages
• Specify and qualify products
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to procure and implement training devices
• Coordinate with subcontractors responsible for design and delivery
• Support problem resolution within the team and improve planned system operation
• Create and maintain system configuration documentation
• Champion EHS compliance and continuous improvement
• Travel as needed to support internal and customer meetings

Key requirements

• Relevant degree or equivalent training
• Strong experience in systems engineering, especially the V-model
• Experience with systems engineering standards and techniques
• Experience writing scopes of work and acceptance criteria
• Knowledge of Systems of Systems development
• Ability to work in a collaborative, multi-discipline environment
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% with a valid driving licence
• BPSS and SC clearance eligibility or possession
• stakeholder management
• cross-functional collaboration
• problem solving
• V-model experience
• systems engineering standards and techniques
• systems of systems

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