Senior Systems Engineer

Lynx Recruitment Ltd; Chandler's Ford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is looking for a Systems Engineer to provide expertise and leadership across all project stages from requirements to commissioning. The successful candidate will coordinate engineering activities, develop system architectures, and mentor junior engineers. This role involves close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders, ensuring continuous professional development and adherence to safety and compliance standards. The position is based in Chandler's Ford, UK, and offers opportunities for growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in systems engineering across the project lifecycle.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Experience with stakeholder requirement management and system architecture development.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop system architectures and manage integration across engineering disciplines.
• Contribute to safety cases and hazard analysis.

Job description

Job Purpose

Provide systems engineering expertise and leadership across multi-disciplinary projects, covering the full lifecycle from requirements capture and architecture development through integration, verification, validation, and commissioning. Support technical delivery, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to the improvement of systems engineering practices. The role reports to the Engineering Manager with close collaboration across engineering teams.

Key Relationships

• Engineering managers, technical managers, principal engineers
• Project managers and engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, control, software, structural)
• Support functions (quality, H&S, finance, HR)
• External clients, suppliers, and subcontractors

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and support systems engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Capture, analyse, and manage system and stakeholder requirements with full traceability.
• Develop system architectures, functional models, and interface definitions.
• Coordinate integration activities across engineering disciplines.
• Define and implement verification and validation plans to meet regulatory and customer expectations.
• Contribute to safety case input, hazard analysis, and risk assessment.
• Manage supplier and subcontractor technical deliverables.
• Maintain configuration control and support change management processes.
• Conduct technical reviews and support design assurance activities.
• Support technical bids, proposals, and estimating.
• Mentor junior engineers and support development programmes.
• Improve systems engineering processes, standards, and toolsets, including model-based approaches.
• Provide tasking and schedule information to project leads.
• Assist with administrative activities necessary for the smooth running of the engineering function.
• Travel as required and participate in meetings across the business.
• Adhere to all policies relating to ethics, data protection, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Promote a safe, inclusive, and collaborative working environment.

Professional Development

Maintain continuous professional development in line with relevant industry and regulatory expectations