Systems Engineer

In this role you will help ensure successful delivery of UWS/Sonar systems by gaining familiarity with testing and verification activities, understanding the support environment, and collaborating with Field Service Engineers to drive engineering-led delivery. You will contribute to evidence capture, defect investigation, and alignment with engineering handbooks and standards. You’ll translate support findings into actionable engineering tasks and support governance and documentation processes. This is a security-sensitive role in a high-precision, world-class defence tech setting.

• private medical insurance
• buying or selling annual leave
• cycle to work schemes
• employee discounts
• paid volunteering day
• stocks and shares

• Familiarise with testing approaches, documentation, and evidence for integration/acceptance/regression testing
• Support test readiness by defining procedures, configurations, prerequisites and traceability
• Assist defect investigation by gathering technical evidence and linking findings to requirements/interfaces
• Contribute to evidence capture and closure of issues
• Develop understanding of installation/operational support context and how environment constraints affect testing
• Translate support environment findings into engineering actions and provide feedback to owners
• Familiarise with engineering handbooks/standards and apply them to deliverables
• Follow document/control processes in controlled engineering environments

• Practical experience supporting testing/verification or working in teams where testing evidence is critical
• Knowledge of commissioning/installation/operational support context or comparable industrial experience
• Proven ability to work with FSEs or equivalent field/site support teams
• Experience contributing to delivery outcomes (milestones, tracking, reporting)
• Familiarity with engineering handbooks/standards and applying them to testing work
• UK National status and ability to obtain Security Clearance (SC)
• Dual nationality from a non-ITAR country may be considered if approved by MOD
• Residence in the UK requirements for SC clearance (five years preferred)

• team collaboration
• clear communication with technical owners
• problem-solving
• testing/verification
• configuration management
• traceability