Functional V&V Lead

SaluteMyJob; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in defense is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to guide a dynamic team towards delivering critical military capabilities. This role offers the chance to work on innovative projects that support the Armed Forces, presenting genuine engineering challenges and opportunities for professional growth. The successful candidate will thrive in a hybrid work environment, leading a team to ensure timely certification deliveries while adapting to the evolving demands of the program. Join a company that values diversity and encourages unique perspectives in a collaborative setting to make a real impact on national security.

Benefits

Employee-led networks

Professional growth opportunities

Support for diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering and team management for design certification.
• Ability to adapt to new challenges and assess evidence from various sources.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UK programme for the functional systems engineering team.
• Ensure certification delivery timelines are met while managing a team.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Team Management

Requirements Management

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Engineering Degree

Tools

DOORS

Job description

Salary: depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

The Systems Engineering team is growing in order to help the Allied forces fulfil the full potential of the system and to extend and tailor the capability for existing and emerging export contracts.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the Personnel Security Team.

The opportunity:

To lead the UK programme for the functional systems engineering team. This role reports into the Land Ceptor Chief Systems Engineer via the Certification Lead, working to deliver the UK programme and support the In-Service Support team in supporting and maintaining the Land Ceptor product. Key to this role is the ability to lead a growing team of systems engineers to ensure certification deliveries timescales are met under challenging conditions.

With an in-service capability to support and capability enhancements to deliver, across a number of customers, Land Ceptor is a great place to build breadth of experience or to put your existing skills and experience to use to deliver military capability.

The successful candidate will be comfortable adapting themselves and their approach to the challenge at hand; they will maintain vision amongst complexity and be adept at communicating this vision to drive, engage and influence partners.

The role will have real impact on what we deliver to our customers, current and future, and in return will provide you: the opportunity to work independently across the company; genuine engineering challenges, and broad professional growth.

Requirements:

Experience of systems engineering process and managing a team to deliver Certificates of Design into Land Ceptor programmes. Key is the ability to adapt to new challenges assessing evidence from various sources, experience of DOORS, requirements management processes and ability to organise and manage a small team of systems engineers to ensure they are efficiently working to meet the plans.

About us:

A leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.