Systems Engineer

In this role you will act as the technical link between customers and multidisciplinary teams to translate operations needs into clear requirements and practical solutions. You will oversee the full engineering lifecycle from capture to customer acceptance, ensuring traceability and verification across hardware, software, electrical and mechanical domains. You will work closely with customers to define architectures, use cases and interfaces, guiding trade-offs to meet performance, safety and cost objectives. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role with impact across regulated aerospace and defence environments, offering exposure to end-to-end system delivery. You will help shape solutions

• competitive salary
• annual performance-related bonus
• pension scheme
• family private healthcare
• health cash plan
• 27 days' annual leave + UK bank holidays

• Engage with customers to capture operational needs, requirements and acceptance criteria
• Lead requirements workshops and convert needs into verifiable system requirements
• Develop system concepts, architectures, use cases and interface definitions
• Coordinate hardware, software, electrical and mechanical inputs for integrated solutions
• Evaluate options with trade-offs on performance, reliability, safety, cost and schedule
• Maintain requirements traceability, risks, assumptions and engineering changes
• Contribute to technical reviews ensuring design alignment with requirements
• Develop verification/validation strategies, test plans and acceptance documentation
• Support system integration, factory acceptance testing, commissioning and customer demonstrations
• Ensure alignment between requirements, design decisions and verification evidence
• Communicate progress, risks and issues to customers and stakeholders
• Support delivered systems during warranty and in-service operation when required

• Degree or equivalent in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field
• Experience in systems engineering, requirements management, system design or technical integration
• Ability to capture, analyse and manage customer and system requirements
• Understanding of system architecture, functional decomposition and interface management
• Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Knowledge of verification, validation, integration and acceptance testing

• customer-focused
• clear communication
• stakeholder management
• systems engineering
• requirements management
• system design and architecture