Principal Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior/Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Loudwater

Salary: £DOE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Systems Engineer to join a growing engineering team, supporting the development and delivery of complex systems within a technically demanding environment.

The role will involve working across the full systems lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through to integration, verification, validation and in-service support.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage systems engineering activities across the full project lifecycle.
• Develop, manage and maintain clear, traceable system requirements.
• Develop system architectures and manage system/subsystem interfaces.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams across software, electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Support system integration, verification, qualification and formal validation activities.
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to manage requirements, technical queries and change.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations and engineering best practice.
• Support lifecycle, maintenance and in-service requirements.
• Maintain requirements, configuration and change control using appropriate engineering tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, tools and best practice.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in systems engineering and requirements management for complex systems.
• Experience with requirements management tools and maintaining requirements traceability.
• Understanding of system integration, verification and qualification.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience working with sensitive information and appropriate security practices.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Word.

Desirable

• Defence or aerospace engineering experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering work packages.
• Jira / Agile experience.
• Jama Connect experience.
• MBSE experience.
• Experience with electronic/electrical systems.
• ILS, reliability or availability engineering experience.
• Experience supporting formal system testing, integration and qualification.
• Knowledge of UK MoD security and information assurance.

***PLEASE NOTE***

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC).