Business Analyst

LHH; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH in Reading is seeking a Technical Business Analyst for Digital Engineering in Software Engineering. This role requires on-site work with 20-50% time and active SC clearance (DV preferred) to support MOD/aerospace programmes.

You will define, analyze, maintain, and govern system and software requirements across the engineering lifecycle. Key responsibilities include elicitation, baselining, traceability, and collaboration with development teams to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs and

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience delivering architecture in Defence/UK aerospace environments.
• Experience with requirements elicitation and management.
• Experience in ensuring traceability across lifecycle artifacts.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyse, document, and maintain requirements.
• Manage requirement baselines and change requests.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability across lifecycle artifacts.
• Support requirement decomposition and allocation activities.
• Ensure consistency between stakeholder needs and technical implementation.
• Participate in reviews and validation activities.
• Coordinate with development and verification teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Traceability

Tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Technical Business Analyst - Digital Engineering – Software Engineering

Active SC Clearance ia Mandatory DV is preferred – required to work on‑site with Edgewing and support sensitive MOD/aerospace programmes.

Aerospace and Defence Experience – demonstrable background delivering architecture within MOD, Defence Digital, or UK aerospace environments.

This role will be based in Reading with minimum percentage of time onsite is 20-50 %

Job Purpose

The Technical Business Analyst is responsible for the definition, analysis, maintenance, and governance of system and software requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle, ensuring full traceability from stakeholder needs through implementation and verification.

Key Accountabilities and Objectives

Accountabilities include (but are not limited to):

• Capture, analyse, document, and maintain requirements.
• Manage requirement baselines and change requests.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability across lifecycle artifacts.
• Support requirement decomposition and allocation activities.
• Ensure consistency between stakeholder needs and technical implementation.
• Participate in reviews and validation activities.

Lifecycle Management

• Manage requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Support impact assessments for requirement changes.
• Coordinate with development and verification teams.
• Ensure requirements remain consistent and up to date.

Governance

• Ensure compliance with requirements engineering processes and standards.
• Support audits and traceability reviews.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams to resolve requirement-related issues.

Requirements elicitation and management.

Requirements traceability and change control.

Systems Engineering principles.

Experience with requirements management tools.

Strong analytical and communication skills.

Experience in Aerospace and Defence sectors.