Functional Systems Engineer – Verification & Certification

In this role you will support certification activities for the Land Ceptor Weapon System, working across UK and Polish programmes. You will collaborate with Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Software teams to gather evidence, verify compliance, and help deliver certification documents. You drive verification activities, identify gaps, and assist with improvements to V&V processes. This is a multidisciplinary, impact-driven position within a defence engineering context that values rigorous documentation and cross-functional collaboration.

• Capture, review and assess technical evidence for certification
• Conduct technical investigations and support delivery of Certificates of Design
• Review technical documentation and evidence related to functional requirements
• Review and agree Design Verification Plans (DVPs)
• Lead/support design reconciliation for changes and obsolescence
• Identify verification gaps and track issues to resolution
• Support corrective actions for verification/compliance issues
• Prepare and review compliance documentation, verification reports and certification evidence
• Analyse verification evidence and assess compliance against requirements
• Collaborate across Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Software teams
• Contribute to improvements in V&V and certification processes including automation
• Support the wider engineering team through the certification lifecycle

• Experience in systems engineering, verification & validation, requirements management or product certification in a complex engineering environment
• Experience using IBM Rational DOORS Classic
• Proven ability to analyse technical evidence and assess compliance against requirements
• Strong understanding of Verification & Validation processes and methodologies
• Experience producing or reviewing compliance documentation and certification evidence
• Experience with requirements management and traceability
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to identify verification gaps and support corrective actions
• Experience with structured engineering development and certification processes
• Confidence working across multidisciplinary teams
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills
• Defence, aerospace or similarly regulated environments is advantageous

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• IBM Rational DOORS Classic
• Verification & Validation methodologies
• Requirements management and traceability