Mission Systems Engineer

Expleo; Preston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Expleo Academy

Competitive benefits

Global projects

Job summary

Expleo is a trusted partner for engineering, quality services, and digital transformation in aerospace. We seek Mission Systems Engineers to develop integrated combat air capabilities, uniting sensing, communications and information management into mission solutions.

You will influence future capability through advanced sensing architectures, MBSE, and digital engineering across the full lifecycle with opportunities for international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems/Electronic/Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related STEM field.
• Professional registration or working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mission system requirements, architectures and 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 with industry partners, suppliers and customers.

Skills

Mission systems architecture

Systems engineering lifecycle

MBSE

Information fusion

Systems integration

Digital engineering

Operational analysis

Requirements management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

STEM degree

CEng status or registration

Tools

MBSE tools

Job description

Overview

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 seekingseeking 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.
• Requirements management and verification planning.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.

Desired skills

• Someone for whom collaboration and working in partnership comes naturally. A confident communicator with the ability to negotiate.
• You will also be self-motivated with an energetic attitude, being able to transform complex problems into simple, elegant solution.
• Capable of working across a portfolio of projects and business initiatives often at short notice. Someone who is an instinctive organiser with meticulous attention to detail, and who can motivate others to complete their actions so that the overall objectives are achieved.
• Someone who understands ‘how’ you do things is just as important as ‘what’ you do – who will role model and apply our Principles.
• A person who is resilient and adaptable, who can navigate ambiguity and complexity and help teams own and deliver day to day.

What do I need before I apply

• Right to work in the UK.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Ability to satisfy customer security and export control requirements.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer and partner locations.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive