Senior Maritime Systems Engineer & Technical Leader

Expleo Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

ExpleoAcademy

Competitive benefits

Disability confident employer

Job summary

Expleo Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across Combat Systems programmes for our maritime customers. You will act as the primary technical escalation point below the Chief Engineer, ensuring governance, safety-critical delivery, and lifecycle compliance across multiple projects.

This senior role requires broad systems engineering expertise, mentoring of ETLs/TLs, and the ability to drive continuous improvement in

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or computing discipline.
• Strong lifecycle knowledge (requirements, architecture, integration, V&V, quality).
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent preferred.
• INCOSE CSEP/ESEP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical authority across projects and bids, approving outputs, plans, and estimates.
• Escalation point for technical risk, quality, and integrity issues.
• Ensure compliance with standards, legislation, and governance.
• Conduct technical reviews and audits per quality plans.
• Intervene to stop work on technical grounds when needed.
• Ensure projects have SQEP engineers.
• Lead and develop ETLs and TLs, contributing to development planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practice and capability maturity.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Architecture & trade studies

Integration & V&V

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Lifecycle processes

Education

Degree in engineering/computing

Job description

Expleo Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across Combat Systems programmes for our maritime customers. You will act as the primary technical escalation point below the Chief Engineer, ensuring governance, safety-critical delivery, and lifecycle compliance across multiple projects.

This senior role requires broad systems engineering expertise, mentoring of ETLs/TLs, and the ability to drive continuous improvement in