Physical Systems Verification & Validation Lead

Cirrus Selection; West of England; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Strong pension

Bonus

Paid overtime

Flexi leave

Enhanced parental benefits

Job summary

Cirrus Selection is seeking a verification leader to own the physical integrity of a UK defence system. You will oversee verification and validation across the physical domain, including environmental performance, EMC, power and transportability, ensuring designs are certifiable and defensible.

You’ll sit at system level, challenge design, assess change impact, and drive supplier progress. This is engineering accountability, not paperwork administration.

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in systems engineering principles.
• Experience verifying hardware-based systems.
• Understanding of requirements flow-down and traceability.
• Knowledge of test procedures and certification evidence gathering.
• Confidence presenting technical decisions to stakeholders.
• Experience with configuration management tools, such as Teamcenter or Windchill.

Responsibilities

• Leading physical domain V&V strategy and certification activity.
• Managing Design Verification Plans and requirements traceability.
• Assessing design changes and technical risk.
• Owning supplier technical progress and compliance reviews.
• Logging, tracking and driving resolution of defects.
• Supporting CE marking and regulatory documentation.
• Presenting compliance evidence at system level.

Skills

Systems engineering

Hardware verification

Traceability

Stakeholder communication

Configuration management

Tools

Teamcenter

Windchill

Job description

Salary: Up to £57,000 | Hybrid 2 - 3 days onsite | UK Security Clearance Required

Location: Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton

Hours: 37 hours per week

This isn’t a tick-box compliance role.

This is about owning the physical integrity of one of the UK’s most advanced defence systems.

You’ll lead verification and validation across the physical domain, such as environmental performance, EMC, power, transportability, making sure what’s been designed is actually certifiable, compliant and defensible.

You’ll sit at system level, challenge design, assess change impact, and manage suppliers. You’ll front milestone reviews, and when something doesn’t stack up, you’ll drive it to a resolution.

This is engineering accountability, not paperwork administration.

What you’ll be trusted with:

• Leading physical domain V&V strategy and certification activity
• Managing Design Verification Plans and requirements traceability
• Assessing design changes and technical risk
• Owning supplier technical progress and compliance reviews
• Logging, tracking and driving resolution of defects
• Supporting CE marking and regulatory documentation
• Presenting compliance evidence at system level

What you’ll bring:

• Strong grounding in systems engineering principles
• Experience verifying hardware-based systems
• Understanding of requirements flow-down and traceability
• Knowledge of test procedures and certification evidence gathering
• Confidence presenting technical decisions to stakeholders
• Experience with configuration management tools, such as Teamcenter or Windchill

Benefits include: Hybrid working, strong pension, bonus, paid overtime, flexi leave and enhanced parental benefits included.

You’ll need to be a British citizen (or dual national with British citizenship) eligible for UK security clearance.

If you want to lead assurance on something that actually matters — let’s talk