Defence Systems Architect & Mission Engineer (Hybrid)

Darter; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matched up to 10%

Private health insurance

Learning and development budget

Remote-friendly working

Unlimited holiday

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Darter seeks an experienced Defence Systems Technologist in the UK to translate complex military needs into coherent, deliverable capability. You’ll work with military users, programme teams, architects, engineers and senior stakeholders to connect mission needs with the wider Defence technology ecosystem.

You’ll apply systems thinking and sound technology judgement to clarify options, expose dependencies and help leadership turn strategic intent into practical delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience of military or defence systems.
• Experience in systems engineering, architecture, mission engineering, capability development or technical consultancy.
• Strong requirements capture and decomposition skills, with an understanding of system-of-systems environments.
• Ability to move confidently between strategic intent and technical detail, build trusted relationships and facilitate productive workshops.
• Strong technical judgement, intellectual curiosity and clear written and verbal communication.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance, with the potential to obtain Developed Vetting (DV).

Responsibilities

• Understand operational needs with military users and stakeholders.
• Apply systems thinking across people, processes, information, technology and organisations, decomposing complex requirements into capabilities, functions, services, systems and interfaces.
• Develop mission, system and solution architecture views that show how capabilities fit within the wider Defence ecosystem.
• Identify dependencies across networks, cloud, data, identity, security, gateways, infrastructure and related programmes, considering interoperability and information exchange from the outset.
• Develop and assess technical options, making risks, trade-offs, gaps and opportunities for reuse clear to decision-makers.
• Support governance, assurance, procurement and supplier discussions, while working with delivery teams to keep architectural intent achievable.
• Explain complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and challenge assumptions constructively.

Skills

Systems engineering

Architecture

Mission engineering

Capability development

Technical consultancy

Requirements capture

Security clearance

Stakeholder facilitation

Clear communication

Tools

SysML

UML

ArchiMate

Job description

Darter seeks an experienced Defence Systems Technologist in the UK to translate complex military needs into coherent, deliverable capability. You’ll work with military users, programme teams, architects, engineers and senior stakeholders to connect mission needs with the wider Defence technology ecosystem.

You’ll apply systems thinking and sound technology judgement to clarify options, expose dependencies and help leadership turn strategic intent into practical delivery.