Lead Systems Engineer: Requirements, Architecture & Validation

Omega Plc; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega Plc seeks a System Engineer to translate customer requirements into clear system-level specifications. You will bridge hardware, software, mechanical, and production teams, operating across workshops, design reviews, laboratory integration, and commissioning in a defence/aerospace context.

You will lead requirements workshops, define architectures and interfaces, and develop verification strategies to demonstrate design maturity through lifecycle stages in a challenging, technical

Qualifications

• Experience developing electrical or electronic equipment through the engineering lifecycle.
• Background in electronic/electrical/aerospace engineering or related discipline.
• Comfort moving between requirements workshops, system design, reviews, lab integration and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand operational, technical and business needs.
• Plan and lead requirements-capture meetings and technical workshops.
• Define functional and physical system architectures and interfaces.
• Break down system requirements into hardware, software, mechanical and operational elements.
• Ensure progression through technical gates and design reviews.
• Prepare for and contribute to design and test-readiness reviews.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies and methods.

Skills

Requirements gathering

System design

Verification planning

Stakeholder management

Technical reviews

Interface definition

Lifecycle engineering

Customer liaison

Education

Degree or HNC/HND in electronic/electrical/aerospace engineering or related discipline

Job description

Omega Plc seeks a System Engineer to translate customer requirements into clear system-level specifications. You will bridge hardware, software, mechanical, and production teams, operating across workshops, design reviews, laboratory integration, and commissioning in a defence/aerospace context.

You will lead requirements workshops, define architectures and interfaces, and develop verification strategies to demonstrate design maturity through lifecycle stages in a challenging, technical