Aerospace Systems Integration Engineer | Flight-Ready

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to plan and deliver integration, verification and validation activities for advanced aerospace and defence systems. The role focuses on unifying hardware, software and sub-systems, creating robust test approaches and generating evidence for performance, compliance and readiness for deployment.

You will collaborate with design, safety and project teams to ensure practical, efficient, and well-controlled test activities while

Qualifications

• Experience in systems integration, verification, validation or test within complex engineering programmes.
• Strong understanding of requirements-based test approaches and structured evidence generation.
• Ability to produce clear test documentation and to work methodically through technical problems.
• Experience supporting trials, demonstrations or system acceptance activities, particularly of airborne systems, would be beneficial.
• Awareness of safety-critical development and regulated engineering environments.
• Degree in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop integration, verification and validation strategies aligned to system requirements, architecture and programme milestones.
• Author and maintain test plans, procedures, specifications and reports for laboratory, rig, ground and flight activities.
• Support the integration of sub-systems, identifying, investigating and resolving technical issues and interface problems.
• Execute or oversee verification and validation activities, ensuring results are captured and linked to requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support trials and demonstrations, including planning, readiness reviews, execution support and post-activity reporting.
• Work closely with design, safety, requirements and project teams to ensure integration and test activities are practical, efficient and well controlled.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of integration and test processes, tools and evidence management approaches.

Skills

Systems integration

Verification & validation

Test documentation

Requirements-based testing

Problem solving

Airborne systems knowledge

Education

Engineering or scientific degree

Job description

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to plan and deliver integration, verification and validation activities for advanced aerospace and defence systems. The role focuses on unifying hardware, software and sub-systems, creating robust test approaches and generating evidence for performance, compliance and readiness for deployment.

You will collaborate with design, safety and project teams to ensure practical, efficient, and well-controlled test activities while