Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Architect - Lead Next-Gen Capabilities

Holt Executive Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Executive Ltd. seeks a Senior / Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Architect to shape, develop and deliver advanced EW capabilities within a defence technology environment.

This senior role requires deep EW knowledge and broad engineering expertise, with a passion for turning emerging technologies into deployable products. You will lead across the full lifecycle, define architectures, drive development and integration, and support trials with customers and partners in the UK and

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in electronic warfare systems architecture or a closely related technical leadership role.
• Deep understanding of EW principles, architectures, threat systems and operational environments.
• Security clearance eligibility: UK SC/UKEO; NATO Secret and UK DV clearance would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across EW proposals, projects and product development activities.
• Lead the technical definition, development and integration of EW systems and capabilities.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams covering systems architecture, RF/electronics, software, signal processing or FPGA engineering.
• Identify technical risks, opportunities and dependencies, driving effective engineering solutions.
• Contribute to the development of technical roadmaps and the future direction of EW capabilities.
• Maintain awareness of advances in EW technology and threat systems.
• Engage with customers, MOD stakeholders, industry partners and technical teams to shape requirements and develop solutions.
• Support trials, demonstrations and technical evaluations across the UK and internationally.
• Act as a senior technical authority, mentoring engineers and helping develop wider organisational expertise.
• Contribute to external technical engagement through industry events, conferences, technical presentations and publications.

Skills

EW architecture

Technical leadership

RF engineering

FPGA engineering

Stakeholder management

Job description

Holt Executive Ltd. seeks a Senior / Principal Electronic Warfare Systems Architect to shape, develop and deliver advanced EW capabilities within a defence technology environment.

This senior role requires deep EW knowledge and broad engineering expertise, with a passion for turning emerging technologies into deployable products. You will lead across the full lifecycle, define architectures, drive development and integration, and support trials with customers and partners in the UK and