Senior Product & Systems Engineering Consultant - Transformation

Capgemini Engineering; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Systems Engineering Consultant to support UK and overseas clients in defence and aerospace across the system lifecycle. You will lead on digital transformation projects, promote MBSE capabilities, and drive capability development within Capgemini and client teams.

You will work in a hybrid model with some travel to client sites, collaborating with top experts and shaping large-scale digital engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• Engineering or science degree required.
• Experience with industry-standard SE frameworks and tools.
• Experience in MBSE modelling.
• Understanding of full SE lifecycle from concept to retirement.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop transformation initiatives for complex organisations involving people, processes and tools.
• Elicit and manage clients' SE capability needs and define requirements.
• Explain SE/MBSE principles to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Promote SE capabilities within organisations at various maturity levels.
• Provide technical leadership and adoption guidance for SE.

Skills

Digital transformation

Engineering architecture

MBSE

Systems engineering

Model-based design

Python/Simulink

Education

Engineering or science degree

Tools

MagicGrid

Arcadia

SysML

Cameo Systems Modeller

Rhapsody

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is looking for a Senior Systems Engineering Consultant to join our rapidly growing team to support our UK and overseas clients across variety of industries including defence and aerospace.

Our portfolio of projects includes work at all stages of the system lifecycle, from concept definition to in-service support. As well as directly supporting Systems Engineering & MBSE tasks for our clients, we also offer consultancy services to improve organisation’s Systems Engineering & MBSE capabilities and enable digital transformation.

We ensure that we are offering good practice, taking into account both established and emerging technologies and techniques, adopting latest toolsets and frameworks, supplemented by techniques such as mathematical simulation, digital visualisation and our own REVEAL® Requirements Engineering Framework to enhance MBSE and Digital Engineering solutions delivered to our clients.

We operate a hybrid working policy, with a mix of home working and office-based working in local Capgemini offices, along with occasional travel to client sites.

Your Role

As a Senior Systems Engineering Consultant within Capgemini, you will be working alongside some of the top experts in the country, on some of the largest and most complex client engagements across a variety of industry sectors. You will be given the opportunity to grow and take on responsibility from day one in a challenging but rewarding and meritocratic environment. We are looking for a senior consultant who will have opportunities to take lead in large scale digital transformation projects for our clients and focus on growing our team capability while connecting us to the wider teams across Capgemini. You may be involved in the following:

• Developing transformation initiatives for complex organisations involving people, processes and tools.
• Consulting with stakeholders to elicit and manage their systems engineering capability needs and define requirements.
• Communicating the underlying principles of systems engineering & MBSE to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Introducing and promoting systems engineering capabilities in organisations at various levels of maturity across a variety of industries.
• Providing technical leadership and authoritative advice in adoption of systems engineering.
• Proposing systems engineering & digital engineering solutions to address client’s needs.
• Developing our capabilities in digital engineering and defining how systems engineering feeds into wider digital twins.
• Contribute to the team capability development, share knowledge and expertise with the rest of the team.
• Knowledge capitalisation, support and mentoring of more junior members of the team.

Our senior consultants are expected to contribute significantly to sales support, the improvement of Capgemini Engineering’s systems engineering capability, and to networking across the systems engineering community to develop their reputation as experts in their chosen field.

Your Profile

• Experience in digital transformation, engineering architecture, and complex multi-disciplinary solution design.
• Experience with the application of industry-standard systems engineering frameworks, languages and tools (eg. MagicGrid, Arcadia, SysML, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody etc.)
• Experience in developing, maintaining and using an MBSE model.
• Understanding of the full Systems Engineering Lifecycle from concept to retirement from service (eg. Requirements management, Interface definition, Verification & Validation etc.)
• Ability to work in a collaborative, multi-discipline environment to support client needs.
• Effective oral and written communication as well as influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Engineering or science related degree.
• Experience of working in an engineering context within the aerospace industry (eg. mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing).
• Experience of Model based design tools or programming (eg. Simulink, Python, etc.)
• Professional SE certification from an organisation such as INCOSE, or the desire to work towards it.
• Chartered Engineer status, or the desire to work towards it.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• Exposure to top global companies working withCapgemini (145 of the Fortune 500 companies)
• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Capgemini. Make it real.

Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance OR Developed Vetting.
• Due to the nature of the project, this role requires sole UK nationality in order to obtain the required level of security clearance.
• Location: South West or North West
• Hybrid Working: This is a permanent role with Capgemini, offering a hybrid working model. Occasional travel to client locations and the nearest Capgemini office will be required.
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.