IVVQ Systems Engineer

Spire; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Spire Global is seeking an IVVQ Systems Engineer in Glasgow, UK. You will lead the definition, planning, and traceability of integration, verification, validation, and qualification activities across spacecraft missions.

You will be embedded in Systems Engineering with deep engagement at manufacturing and test levels. The role requires hands-on lab work and collaboration across cross-functional teams in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• BSc in Systems Engineering or related technical field.
• Foundational understanding of verification, validation and their relation to requirements-driven tests.
• Familiarity with Jama or similar test management tools.
• Ability to interpret high-level requirements and lower-level constraints with support from seniors.
• Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting status to a team.
• Experience working in lab/manufacturing/test environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the verification planning process for missions, defining test scopes, verification stages, and validation activities.
• Build and maintain traceability from mission requirements to test execution.
• Lead verification activities during BRR and ensure test campaigns align with mission requirements.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Test teams to define test configurations and acceptance plans.
• Define qualification matrices and required setup maturity for tests.
• Support MAIT campaigns in real time and escalate technical issues as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement of verification standards and promote reuse of test plans and configurations.
• Lead the documentation of standard verification approaches for recurring subsystems.

Skills

Systems engineering

Verbal communication

Written communication

Requirements tracing

Hands-on lab work

Education

BSc in Systems Engineering

Tools

Jama

Job description

As anIVVQ Systems Engineerat Spire, you will lead the definition, planning, and traceability ofIntegration, Verification, Validation, and Qualification (IVVQ)activities across spacecraft missions. You will ensure our test campaigns and qualification efforts are requirements-driven, technically complete, and efficiently executed, helping to drive a step change inmission assurance, reusability, and systems engineering discipline.

You will be embedded within the Systems Engineering function but willoperatewith deep engagement at the manufacturing and test level. The IVVQ Systems Engineer is acritical stakeholder in the Build Readiness Review (BRR)process and will be directly accountable for the technical quality and completeness of the verification planning for each build.

Responsibilities of your Role

• Own the verification planning process for missions, defining test scopes, verification stages, and validation activities in line with customer/system requirements.
• Build andmaintaintraceability from mission-level requirements to test execution, ensuring Jama, test data, and asset profiles are connected in a single thread of evidence.
• Act as atechnical lead for verification activities during BRR, ensuring the test campaign is well scoped, consistent with the mission requirements, and includes margin for known risks.
• Work closely with Manufacturing and Test teamsto define test configurations, acceptance plans, qualification matrices, andrequiredsetup maturity.
• Support MAIT campaigns in real-time, acting as thefirst line of engineering escalationwhen technical issues arise during integration or testing.
• Drivecontinuous improvementof verification standards, enabling the reuse of test plans, templates, and configurations across missions and asset variants.
• Lead the definition and documentation ofstandard verification approachesfor recurring subsystems (e.g. radios, EPS, payloads), improving consistency and maturity.
• Contribute to the development and validation ofasset profilesby ensuring test results are structured, traceable, and reflect real system performance.

Basic Qualifications

• BSc in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Foundational understanding of verification and validation principles — what test campaigns are for; the difference between verification, validation, and qualification, and how requirements drive test.
• Familiarity with requirements or test management tooling (e.g. Jama), or a demonstrated ability to pick up structured engineering tools quickly.
• Ability to read and interpret both high-level mission requirements and lower-level interface or test constraints, with support from senior engineers.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with a willingness to present work and status to a team.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a lab, manufacturing, or test environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+years of experience supportingmanufacturingof multi-satellite constellations.
• Knowledge of asset profiling approaches and system models (including fault profiles, mode transitions, and performance boundaries).
• Understanding oftest tooling,MFG ENGpractices, or telemetry/telecommand systems.
• Experience working with cross-functional, multi-time zoneteams across engineering andmanufacturing.

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying.

About Spire

We improve life on Earth with data from space.

Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire’s data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.

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