Graduate Systems Engineer — Hybrid, V&V & Requirements

Cranleigh Scientific Ltd; Waverley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

H-Power is seeking a graduate or early-career Systems Engineer to join its growing five-person Systems Engineering team. You will gain cradle-to-grave exposure across hydrogen-generation and clean-power technologies.

You will focus on requirements management and V&V, with broader responsibilities across technical delivery and product engineering as you grow your expertise. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with engineering, planning, finance and customer-facing functions, and will

Qualifications

• Degree in systems, chemical or mechanical engineering, or related science.
• Interest in requirements management and V&V.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Clear communication and ability to influence without formal authority.
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to manage technical information.
• Adaptable to a dynamic clean-technology environment.
• Eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Support the capture, review and management of stakeholder, system and subsystem requirements.
• Maintain clear traceability between requirements, system design and verification evidence.
• Support V&V planning, evidence management and technical readiness activities.
• Contribute to technical assessments, option evaluations and trade studies that support project decisions.
• Help define system architectures, functional breakdowns, interfaces, states and modes.
• Prepare and maintain specifications, reports, plans, interface documents and other technical deliverables.
• Support product engineering across the full lifecycle, including customer-facing documentation and technical product information.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to understand technical issues, dependencies and system-level impacts.
• Support product compliance, configuration management, change control and engineering governance.
• Contribute to the continued development of H-Power's systems engineering processes, templates and ways of working.

Skills

Requirements management

V&V

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem-solving

Proactive

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in systems/chemical/mechanical engineering

Job description

H-Power is seeking a graduate or early-career Systems Engineer to join its growing five-person Systems Engineering team. You will gain cradle-to-grave exposure across hydrogen-generation and clean-power technologies.

You will focus on requirements management and V&V, with broader responsibilities across technical delivery and product engineering as you grow your expertise. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with engineering, planning, finance and customer-facing functions, and will