Mission Systems Engineer

Expleo Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to support the development of mission architectures for GCAP, integrating sensing, communications, survivability and information management into cohesive capabilities for future combat air systems.

You will contribute across the engineering lifecycle, applying model-based approaches and MBSE, working with industry partners and customers to deliver systems that provide operational advantages in contested environments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related STEM discipline.
• Applications welcomed from those with significant demonstrable experience without formal qualifications.
• Professional registration or working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mission system requirements, architectures and engineering artefacts.
• Support capability decomposition from operational needs to system-level solutions.
• Define interfaces across sensing, communications, survivability and platform systems.
• Support mission-level integration and verification activities.
• Conduct architecture studies, trade-off analyses and capability assessments.
• Support digital engineering and model-based development approaches.
• Contribute to operational analysis and capability development.
• Support programme reviews and customer engagements.
• Collaborate across industry partners, suppliers and customer organisations.
• Support technology maturation and capability demonstration programmes.

Skills

Mission systems architecture

Systems engineering lifecycle

MBSE

Information fusion

Systems integration

Digital engineering

Operational analysis

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Expleo is a trusted partner for engineering, quality services, and digital transformation. We collaborate with world-leading aerospace manufacturers, delivering cutting-edge solutions in structural analysis, finite element modelling, numerical simulation, and certification support. At Expleo, we foster innovation, technical excellence, and professional growth, empowering our teams to shape the future of aerospace engineering.

We are seeking Mission Systems Engineers to support the development of mission architectures and integrated combat air capabilities for GCAP. This role sits at the centre of future combat air capability development, bringing together sensing, communications, survivability, information management and effect generation capabilities into integrated mission solutions. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of mission systems that provide operational advantage in highly contested and rapidly evolving environments.

This role offers an opportunity to influence future combat air capability through the development, integration and optimisation of advanced sensing architectures, supporting delivery across the full engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mission system requirements, architectures and engineering artefacts.
• Support capability decomposition from operational needs to system-level solutions.
• Define interfaces across sensing, communications, survivability and platform systems.
• Support mission-level integration and verification activities.
• Conduct architecture studies, trade-off analyses and capability assessments.
• Support digital engineering and model-based development approaches.
• Contribute to operational analysis and concept development activities.
• Support programme reviews and customer engagements.
• Collaborate across industry partners, suppliers and customer organisations.
• Support technology maturation and capability demonstration programmes.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related STEM discipline.
• Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don’t hold formal qualifications.
• Professional registration or working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.

Essential Skills

• Mission systems architecture development.
• Systems engineering lifecycle knowledge.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Information fusion and information advantage concepts.
• Systems integration and interface management.
• Digital engineering approaches.
• Operational analysis and capability development.