Edge Systems Engineer – Defence Integrations (On-Site)

Matchtech Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking a Systems Integration and Development Engineer to support R&D activities in defence and security. Based in Filton, Bristol, the role focuses on defining, building, integrating, testing, assuring and releasing tactical edge gateway solutions for range extension and sensor integration across LOS/Beyond-LOS environments.

It is a 12-month, on-site contract with potential travel. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong systems engineering, experience with COTS hardware

Qualifications

• Experience in systems integration and development within defence or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience integrating COTS hardware, software, network components, compute and gateway equipment into repeatable solutions.
• Knowledge of IP networking, routing, WAN technologies and secure network design.
• Strong systems engineering across requirements interpretation, architecture development, interface management, verification and release evidence.
• Experience supporting iterative or Agile development, including backlog items and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal day-to-day engineering focal point, coordinating design, development, integration, testing and technical documentation across multiple stakeholders.
• Translate user stories and acceptance criteria into technical tasks and development plans.
• Develop, integrate and configure tactical edge gateway solutions using COTS hardware, network components, software, virtualization and containerisation technologies.
• Integrate tactical radios, routers, sensors, gateways to deliver interoperable solutions.
• Produce solution architectures, interface definitions, configuration records and BOMs.
• Plan and conduct integration, functional, performance and interoperability testing with objective evidence against acceptance criteria.
• Investigate faults, constraints, risks, dependencies and changes.
• Support security by design, safety, quality and release activities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile development

Tools

COTS hardware

Networking components

Virtualisation

Containerisation

Routing/WAN technologies

Job description

Matchtech Group is seeking a Systems Integration and Development Engineer to support R&D activities in defence and security. Based in Filton, Bristol, the role focuses on defining, building, integrating, testing, assuring and releasing tactical edge gateway solutions for range extension and sensor integration across LOS/Beyond-LOS environments.

It is a 12-month, on-site contract with potential travel. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong systems engineering, experience with COTS hardware