Principal Systems Architect & Tech Leader (Hybrid)

Synoptix; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Company Bonus

25 Days holiday

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Continuous professional development

Udemy training facility

Electric car scheme

Bike to work scheme

Private health care (AXA)

Job summary

Synoptix is seeking an Architecture Principal Systems Engineer to shape complex solutions and influence strategic customer decisions across industries. You will lead systems architecture initiatives and mentor engineers within an agile environment.

You will collaborate with academia, IfSE, and customers, turning innovative ideas into practical outcomes while advancing the Systems Engineering profession and driving the capability forward.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading architecture across complex systems.
• Eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
• Strong collaboration with customers and academia.

Responsibilities

• Interacting with MBSE working groups within industry
• Collaborate with IfSE, academia, industry partners and professional bodies
• Develop thought leadership through formal papers, white papers, conference presentations and industry insights
• Work alongside leading universities and research organisations, to help bridge the gap between academic innovation and practical application
• Delivering technical consultant expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface
• Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle
• Development of proposals and statements of work
• Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery

Skills

MBSE

Systems Architecture

Requirements Analysis

Systems Thinking

Stakeholder Engagement

Mentorship

Tools

DOORs

JAMA

JIRA

Enterprise Architect

Cameo Systems Modeller

Rhapsody

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Synoptix is seeking an Architecture Principal Systems Engineer to shape complex solutions and influence strategic customer decisions across industries. You will lead systems architecture initiatives and mentor engineers within an agile environment.

You will collaborate with academia, IfSE, and customers, turning innovative ideas into practical outcomes while advancing the Systems Engineering profession and driving the capability forward.