Systems Architecture Lead

Architecture Lead / Principal Systems Engineer

Rate: Up to £765 per day, inside IR35

Location: Bristol

Working pattern: 2 to 3 days per week onsite

Contract: Initial 6 months

Electus Recruitment Solutions is currently supporting a major high-technology engineering programme with the appointment of an experienced Architecture Lead / Principal Systems Engineer to lead the development and delivery of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) capability within a complex defence programme (Weapon Handling and Launch System).

This is a senior technical leadership role combining systems architecture, MBSE and team leadership , with responsibility for approximately four FTEs within the wider architecture and systems engineering team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of system architecture throughout the engineering lifecycle, supporting programme reviews and key technical milestones.
• Define architecture deliverables and work packages and maintain the Architecture Management Plan.
• Develop and implement MBSE modelling best practice using the MagicGrid framework .
• Lead the use and development of Cameo as the programme's architecture modelling environment, including plugin implementation and coordination of server administration.
• Ensure architecture outputs are technically robust, configuration managed and maintained within the appropriate engineering and PLM environments.
• Lead a team of systems and architecture engineers in developing system behaviours, structures and interfaces.
• Use a collaborative, middle-out approach to identify technical conflicts, gaps and areas of risk within the architecture.
• Work closely with requirements, integration, test and V&V stakeholders to ensure the architecture supports the wider engineering lifecycle.
• Develop systems engineering capability and technical competence across the wider team.

About you

You will be an experienced Principal Systems Engineer, Systems Architect or Architecture Lead with a strong background in complex engineering environments.

You should have:

• Significant experience developing and owning system architectures .
• Strong practical experience of MBSE and systems modelling .
• Experience using Cameo and ideally the MagicGrid methodology.
• Experience leading technical teams and developing engineering capability.
• A good understanding of requirements, integration, verification and validation within a structured systems engineering lifecycle.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary technical stakeholders and resolving architectural conflicts and gaps.
• Experience with configuration management and the governance of architecture models and engineering outputs.
• Ideally, experience with Cameo administration, plugin implementation or architecture modelling infrastructure.

This is an opportunity to take technical ownership of architecture and MBSE delivery within a complex, highly regulated engineering environment.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules. Applicants will need to be cleared to a minimum SC level.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.