Lead Systems Engineer – MBSE for Defence Hardware (Hybrid UK)

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Life assurance 4x salary

Group income protection

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in the UK is seeking a Specialist Systems Engineer to lead cross-functional efforts across mechanical, electrical and integrated system solutions within defence/aerospace programmes.

You will develop and manage system requirements and baselines, coordinate teams, and ensure verification and validation meet cost, schedule, and performance targets. A UK nationality and security clearance eligibility are required; hybrid work with three onsite days per week.

Qualifications

• Prior related full lifecycle Systems Engineering experience.
• Strong planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong requirements engineering experience, including elicitation, analysis, validation, and management.
• Solid understanding of systems engineering principles, including system hierarchy, boundaries, interfaces, partitioning, and complexity management.
• Experience working on hardware-based engineering programmes.
• Experience working within defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated engineering environments.
• Proficiency in IBM DOORS is essential.
• Experience with System Architect, Rhapsody, or other MBSE tools would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead Systems Engineering activities across complex engineering programmes.
• Develop, capture, and manage system requirements, architectures, interfaces, and design baselines.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to support successful programme delivery.
• Plan and oversee system verification and validation activities, ensuring all requirements are met.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and support to project teams and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the delivery of solutions that achieve customer, cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

Skills

Lifecycle Systems Engineering

Planning & Stakeholder Mgmt

Requirements engineering

Systems engineering principles

Hardware-based programmes

Defence/Aerospace domain

IBM DOORS

MBSE tools

Tools

IBM DOORS

System Architect

Rhapsody

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in the UK is seeking a Specialist Systems Engineer to lead cross-functional efforts across mechanical, electrical and integrated system solutions within defence/aerospace programmes.

You will develop and manage system requirements and baselines, coordinate teams, and ensure verification and validation meet cost, schedule, and performance targets. A UK nationality and security clearance eligibility are required; hybrid work with three onsite days per week.