Senior Systems Architect & Technical Lead – Aerospace

Greenjets Limited; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenjets Limited is seeking a Principal Systems Architect & Technical Lead to shape how our systems fit together, translate customer needs into clear engineering requirements and define how we prove the finished product works.

You’ll lead a team of Systems Compliance & Verification Engineers across propulsion, air vehicles, avionics and mission systems, guiding architecture decisions from early stages through to test and customer acceptance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in systems engineering for aerospace/defence.
• Experience leading architecture, requirements and verification on complex programmes.
• Strong judgment on interfaces, trade-offs and change control.
• Able to turn complex requirements into clear plans.

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

Architecture leadership

Requirements verification

Decision making

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Job description

Greenjets Limited is seeking a Principal Systems Architect & Technical Lead to shape how our systems fit together, translate customer needs into clear engineering requirements and define how we prove the finished product works.

You’ll lead a team of Systems Compliance & Verification Engineers across propulsion, air vehicles, avionics and mission systems, guiding architecture decisions from early stages through to test and customer acceptance.