Combat Systems Engineer — Defence & Mission Systems

Amentum; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Amentum is recruiting for a Systems Engineer to work on defence-focused projects, contributing to requirements, architecture and integration across programmes. The role supports multi-disciplinary teams and follows V-model, Agile, or hybrid approaches within MOD governance contexts.

The opportunity calls for proactive collaboration, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to integrity and security in challenging environments. Hybrid working options are available across the Greater London area.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams on complex programmes.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, and manage stakeholder and system requirements with traceability across the lifecycle.
• Develop system architectures and design artefacts across functional, logical, and physical views.
• Contribute to interface definitions and integration considerations across systems.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and integration teams to ensure coherent and feasible system designs.
• Support verification and validation planning and activities.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Good communication

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline

Tools

DOORS

SparxEA

Job description

Amentum is recruiting for a Systems Engineer to work on defence-focused projects, contributing to requirements, architecture and integration across programmes. The role supports multi-disciplinary teams and follows V-model, Agile, or hybrid approaches within MOD governance contexts.

The opportunity calls for proactive collaboration, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to integrity and security in challenging environments. Hybrid working options are available across the Greater London area.