Senior Maritime Systems Engineer — Lead Defence Systems

SubSea Craft Limited

Portsmouth

On-site

GBP 55,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension Contribution
Annual Bonus Scheme
Life Assurance and Critical Illness
Annual Leave 25 days + bank holidays
Christmas Leave
Wellbeing Day
Family Leave
Private Healthcare
Professional Development via LinkedIn 
Flexible Working Opportunities
Inclusive Culture

Job summary

SubSea Craft Limited, a UK-based maritime technology company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead development and integration of complex defence systems across the full engineering lifecycle.

You will work with SMEs to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable requirements, maintain traceability, and ensure compliance with maritime standards while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Significant experience in engineering with a focus on the maritime defence sector.
  • Experience with regulatory requirements and industry standards for marine systems; Lloyds Register or DNV-GL knowledge is beneficial.
  • Working knowledge of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML).

Responsibilities

  • Elicit, analyse and manage stakeholder needs and craft verifiable system requirements with quality attributes.
  • Decompose user requirements with SMEs into system and design requirements.
  • Maintain traceability between user requirements, system design and testing throughout V-Model lifecycle.
  • Develop system context, use cases, architectures and interfaces aligning with maritime defence needs.
  • Define verification plans, test strategies and test cases for integrated system elements.
  • Facilitate cross-disciplinary communication across engineering teams to ensure coherent solutions.
  • Develop risk mitigation strategies including FMEA and FTA.
  • Ensure compliance with maritime defence standards and regulations.
  • Mentor junior team members to support career development.

Skills

SysML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Job description

SubSea Craft Limited, a UK-based maritime technology company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead development and integration of complex defence systems across the full engineering lifecycle.

You will work with SMEs to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable requirements, maintain traceability, and ensure compliance with maritime standards while mentoring junior engineers.

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