Lead UAV Systems Engineer — Autonomy & AI Co-Pilot

Archangel Autonomy Ltd; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% employer pension contribution

25 days holiday + UK bank holidays

Relocation support

Cycle2work scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Annual app voucher

Job summary

Archangel Autonomy Ltd is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to drive the design and delivery of UAV co-pilot systems. You will define architecture, CONOPS, and top-level requirements, leading technology choices and trade studies while managing system performance budgets across subsystems.

You will also build and implement a robust systems engineering process, supervise junior engineers, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 5+ years in systems engineering for complex products with full lifecycle exposure.
• Proven track record of taking design authority and making authoritative technical decisions on complex systems.
• Experience shipping real products with high assurance requirements (e.g. DO-178, DO-254, ISO 26262, or equivalent).
• Experience establishing engineering processes in growing organisations.

Responsibilities

• Define system architecture, CONOPS, and top-level requirements.
• Lead technology selection decisions and trade studies.
• Establish and manage system performance budgets across subsystems.
• Decide on system interfaces and integration strategies.
• Serve as technical authority in customer and certification discussions.
• Own the technical baseline for future product development.
• Create and implement a new systems engineering process for the team.
• Build traceability frameworks linking requirements, design and verification.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

AI tooling interest

Security/compliance awareness

Decision making

Tools

DO-178/DO-254

ISO 26262

MBSE

Job description

Archangel Autonomy Ltd is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to drive the design and delivery of UAV co-pilot systems. You will define architecture, CONOPS, and top-level requirements, leading technology choices and trade studies while managing system performance budgets across subsystems.

You will also build and implement a robust systems engineering process, supervise junior engineers, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver