Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Architect — Lead & Deliver

Plextek; Great Chesterford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Plextek is seeking a Senior or Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Architect to shape and grow our EW capability. You will lead technical delivery, define solutions, and work with customers and partners in the UK and internationally.

The role requires deep EW knowledge and the ability to turn ideas into deployable products, with responsibility across the full lifecycle from proposals to demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Significant EW Systems Architect experience in defence or systems engineering.
• Breadth across architecture, RF/electronics, software, signal processing or FPGA.
• Experience contributing to proposals and leading complex engineering programs.
• Strong communication with customers, MOD and industry partners.
• Willingness to obtain NATO Secret and UK DV clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across EW proposals, projects and product development.
• Define, develop and integrate EW systems and capabilities across disciplines; hands-on when needed.
• Identify risks, opportunities and drive effective solutions.
• Collaborate with Product Manager, CTO, Delivery Manager and Sales to shape EW capability roadmap.
• Maintain awareness of EW technology, threat systems and defence landscape; attend conferences and publish papers.
• Act as senior technical authority and mentor engineers to grow EW capability.
• Support trials and demonstrations in the UK, Europe, US and Asia.

Skills

EW knowledge

Systems engineering

Communication skills

Security clearance readiness

Job description

Plextek is seeking a Senior or Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Architect to shape and grow our EW capability. You will lead technical delivery, define solutions, and work with customers and partners in the UK and internationally.

The role requires deep EW knowledge and the ability to turn ideas into deployable products, with responsibility across the full lifecycle from proposals to demonstrations.