Senior Project Systems Engineer - Nuclear Safety

Assystem UK Ltd; Olney; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem UK Ltd is seeking a Project Systems Engineer (PSE) to lead and coordinate systems engineering activities across the project lifecycle, delivering safe, integrated engineering solutions.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status or a clear path toward chartership and experience in regulated environments, with strong Stakeholder management and requirements traceability capabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or demonstrable route toward chartership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project-wide systems engineering activities to deliver safe, effective, and integrated engineering solutions.
• Define, manage, and control project-level requirements, ensuring full traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure engineering outputs from multiple disciplines are integrated into a viable, compliant system solution.
• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, driving collaboration and engineering excellence.
• Support structured decision-making, balancing technical, safety, programme, and project requirements; ensure scope is defined, controlled, verified, and validated.

Skills

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in engineering

Chartered Engineer status or route to chartership

Job description

Assystem UK Ltd is seeking a Project Systems Engineer (PSE) to lead and coordinate systems engineering activities across the project lifecycle, delivering safe, integrated engineering solutions.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status or a clear path toward chartership and experience in regulated environments, with strong Stakeholder management and requirements traceability capabilities.