Senior Systems Architect & Technical Lead, Aerospace

NIF; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenjets seeks a Principal Systems Architect & Technical Lead to shape propulsion, avionics and mission-system architectures. You’ll translate customer needs into robust engineering requirements and drive verification strategies.

You’ll lead a cross-disciplinary team of SVE engineers, guide architecture decisions, and ensure delivery against evolving programmes while maintaining safety and compliance. UK security clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• Substantial systems engineering experience in aerospace, defence or another safety- or mission-critical environment.
• Experience leading system architecture, requirements and verification activities on complex engineering programmes.
• Strong judgement across interfaces, technical trade-offs, change control and acceptance evidence.

Responsibilities

• Own system architectures, requirements and interfaces across multidisciplinary development programmes.
• Turn customer, contractual and standards requirements into practical engineering and verification plans.
• Lead verification and validation strategy, defining acceptance criteria and the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance.
• Guide and develop the systems team, setting priorities and reviewing technical outputs.
• Resolve cross-system issues and assess the impact of design and requirements changes.
• Lead technical reviews and represent Greenjets with customers, suppliers and assurance stakeholders.
• Build proportionate systems engineering processes that support rapid development and reliable delivery.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements management

MBSE

Education

Relevant degree or apprenticeship

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Job description

Greenjets seeks a Principal Systems Architect & Technical Lead to shape propulsion, avionics and mission-system architectures. You’ll translate customer needs into robust engineering requirements and drive verification strategies.

You’ll lead a cross-disciplinary team of SVE engineers, guide architecture decisions, and ensure delivery against evolving programmes while maintaining safety and compliance. UK security clearance preferred.