Senior Systems Engineer

Proclinical Staffing; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Proclinical Staffing in Cambourne, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join a growing technology organisation delivering next-generation connected device and IoT solutions.

You will work with Product Managers, Technology Leads, Software and Hardware Engineers, and Integration Specialists to drive innovative customer-focused products and influence discovery and delivery activities across multidisciplinary projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in systems engineering for multidisciplinary products.
• Experience with communication products, embedded systems and hardware development.
• Strong understanding of complex IoT solutions.
• Proven experience working on technically challenging cross-functional projects.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Cloud-based IoT infrastructure.
• Backend systems and serverless architectures.
• Programming experience in C, C#, Java or Python.
• RF communications including BLE, WiFi, LTE-M and LoRa.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage system requirements across hardware, embedded software, integration and test disciplines.
• Contribute to system architecture and solution design.
• Support protocol definition and technical decision-making.
• Lead complex problem-solving activities and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Participate in field testing, verification and validation activities.
• Work closely with embedded, hardware, integration, cloud and software engineering teams.
• Support product development throughout the entire lifecycle from concept through delivery.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement across product teams.

Skills

Systems engineering

IoT

C

C#

Java

Python

BLE

WiFi

LTE-M

LoRa

Proof-of-concept

Cloud

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Atlassian tools

Job description

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join a growing technology organisation developing next-generation connected device and IoT solutions.

As part of a modern Product Operating Model, you will work within a cross-functional product team alongside Product Managers, Technology Leads, Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers and Integration Specialists to deliver innovative customer-focused products.

This role will provide significant influence across product discovery and delivery activities whilst contributing to complex multidisciplinary engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage system requirements across hardware, embedded software, integration and test disciplines.
• Contribute to system architecture and solution design.
• Support protocol definition and technical decision-making.
• Lead complex problem-solving activities and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Participate in field testing, verification and validation activities.
• Work closely with embedded, hardware, integration, cloud and software engineering teams.
• Support product development throughout the entire lifecycle from concept through delivery.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement across product teams.

Required Experience

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in systems engineering for multidisciplinary products.
• Experience with communication products, embedded systems and hardware development.
• Strong understanding of complex IoT solutions.
• Proven experience working on technically challenging cross-functional projects.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Atlassian tools and/or Azure DevOps.
• Cloud-based IoT infrastructure.
• Backend systems and serverless architectures.
• Agentic AI technologies for innovation and product discovery.
• Programming experience in C, C#, Java or Python.
• RF communications including BLE, WiFi, LTE-M and LoRa.

What You'll Bring

• Strong systems thinking and engineering expertise.
• A hands-on approach to problem solving.
• Passion for innovation and emerging technologies.
• Ability to work effectively across global matrix organisations.
• Collaborative mindset with strong leadership potential.