Lead Systems Engineer: Complex Software Integrations

Tiger Resourcing Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Resourcing Group seeks a Systems Engineer to join an engineering team responsible for delivering complex software-intensive technology systems. You will lead requirements elicitation and design activities across the full systems lifecycle, translating business needs into clear technical specifications.

You will collaborate with customers, project managers, software developers and infrastructure specialists to ensure integration, verification, deployment and ongoing development meet

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Previous experience working as a Systems Engineer on complex software, technology or systems integration projects.
• Demonstrable experience applying systems engineering principles across the full project lifecycle.
• Experience in requirements elicitation, analysis, decomposition, specification and management using structured systems engineering methodologies.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, solution design, component interactions and systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, capture and decomposition activities for complex technology and software integration projects.
• Facilitate technical workshops and stakeholder discussions to establish functional and non-functional requirements, system constraints, dependencies and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse, design and document cost-effective technical solutions that meet customer, business and project objectives.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, functional designs, interface specifications, integration strategies and other systems engineering documentation.
• Define and manage requirements traceability across business objectives, system requirements, subsystem specifications, implementation and verification activities.
• Analyse system interfaces, data flows, dependencies and interactions between software applications, infrastructure components and external systems.
• Specify and document software interfaces and APIs, including HTTP/S, REST and JSON-based integrations.
• Support the definition of system boundaries, component responsibilities, integration patterns and technical design decisions.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering plans covering integration, verification, validation, qualification and acceptance.
• Work with software development, infrastructure and test teams to resolve technical issues and ensure that integrated solutions perform as intended.
• Contribute to technical proposals, project estimates, Statements of Work (SoW) and solution feasibility assessments.
• Provide systems engineering input into project planning, scheduling, dependency management and technical risk assessments.
• Participate in design reviews, technical assurance activities, customer presentations and discussions with external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Support system deployment, transition into service and the resolution of integration issues throughout implementation.
• Promote engineering best practice, documentation quality, configuration control and continuous improvement.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, software engineering practices, industry standards and systems engineering methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with relevant security, quality, operational and health and safety requirements.
• Travel domestically and internationally, where required, to support project delivery and stakeholder engagement.
• Undertake additional engineering responsibilities as reasonably required.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder management

Systems engineering

Technical documentation

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

IBM DOORS

UML

Enterprise Architect

MBSE tools

Job description

Tiger Resourcing Group seeks a Systems Engineer to join an engineering team responsible for delivering complex software-intensive technology systems. You will lead requirements elicitation and design activities across the full systems lifecycle, translating business needs into clear technical specifications.

You will collaborate with customers, project managers, software developers and infrastructure specialists to ensure integration, verification, deployment and ongoing development meet