Senior/Principal Systems Engineer

PentenAmio Pty; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

2:30pm finish on Fridays

9-day fortnight option

Private Health Scheme

EV Salary Sacrifice

Salary Sacrifice Company Pension, up \

Job summary

PentenAmio is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer to define, design and deliver product architectures within complex, multidisciplinary projects across security domains. You will own requirements, support verification, and guide integration across engineering teams to ensure delivery aligns with stakeholder needs.

You will collaborate with technical leads and business stakeholders, drive risk management, and mentor junior engineers while advancing secure, scalable system solutions for

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading systems engineering activities in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong background in system architecture and requirements management.
• Experience with stakeholder and subsystem requirements with traceability.
• Experience across full engineering lifecycle from prototype to manufacture/services.
• Ability to identify risks and opportunities across the lifecycle.
• Experience in a Systems/Architecture Engineering role or similar.
• Relevant engineering qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of complex system architectures.
• Own requirements capture, analysis, validation, and traceability.
• Present status at project gate reviews and document artefacts.
• Identify process improvements across the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with all engineering disciplines for integration.
• Define and manage integration strategies and interfaces.
• Engage stakeholders to capture requirements and align with objectives.
• Identify and monitor risks and opportunities in architecture and design.
• Develop mitigations for cost, schedule and performance risk.
• Provide training and mentoring on systems engineering best practice.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

System architecture

Requirements management

Lifecycle engineering

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Location: Tewkesbury

Salary: £50,000 - £78,000

Clearance Required: SC (DV Desired)

About PentenAmio

PentenAmio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us.

Across the UK and Australia, PentenAmio combines a legacy of knowledge and proven delivery across secure mobility and AI-driven deception technologies. Our work spans Government and Defence markets across civil and military applications, powering intelligent advantage on a global scale.

Typical Activities

Working in collaboration with technical leads and business stakeholders across Products & Engineering, the Senior/Principal Systems Engineer will define, design and deliver product architectures and integrated system solutions within complex, multi-disciplinary projects, including:

• Lead the development and maintenance of complex system and product architectures that meet stakeholder needs and comply with project constraints.
• Own business and system level requirements, including capture, analysis, validation and traceability through verification and product validation activities.
• Participate in and contribute to project gate reviews, presenting the status of requirements, design artefacts, and systems engineering deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvement opportunities across the development lifecycle.
• Work collaboratively with all engineering disciplines to ensure seamless integration and alignment of technical efforts.
• Define and manage integration strategies, ensuring interfaces and dependencies are clearly defined.
• Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders to capture requirements, prioritise initiatives, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Identify and monitor potential risks and opportunities associated with systems architecture, design and integration.
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans to manage project cost, schedule and performance risk.
• Provide training, mentoring, and guidance to project teams and junior engineers on systems engineering best practice.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience leading systems engineering activities within complex, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong background in system architecture definition, requirements management, and system integration planning and execution.
• Experience with capture, analysis, decomposition and management of stakeholder, systems and subsystem requirements, with full traceability across the lifecycle.
• Experience across the full engineering lifecycle, from initial prototype development through to design for manufacture and establishing services.
• Experience in identification, assessment and management of technical risks and opportunities throughout the system lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in a Systems / Architecture Engineering role or similar.
• Relevant qualifications in engineering, or similar.

Desirable

• Experience within the Cyber Security Domain.
• Knowledge of security best practices such as secure software design principles, encryption, identity management and secure communication protocols.
• Understanding of threat modelling to identify potential vulnerabilities and risks in a system.
• Eligibility for, or holding, DV clearance.

Why Work at PentenAmio?

At PentenAmio, we value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Life Insurance - X4 Salary
• 2:30pm finish on Fridays
• Option to work 9-day-fortnight
• Private Health Scheme
• EV Salary Sacrifice scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Company Pension, matched up to 10%
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank/Public Holidays
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Additional perks:

• Free on-site parking
• Casual dress code
• Free fruit in the office

Qualifications & Eligibility

To be eligible for this position you must:

• Hold relevant engineering qualifications and demonstrated systems/architecture engineering experience; and,
• Be a British citizen; and
• Hold or be eligible for UK National Security Vetting (NSV) - SC level clearance (DV desired).

PentenAmio is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that our current and future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make.