Senior Systems Engineer

ZeroAvia; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company focused on innovation in aviation technology as a Senior Systems Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will integrate hydrogen-electric propulsion systems into aircraft, shaping the future of sustainable aviation. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and leverage your expertise to ensure systems readiness and safety certification.

Benefits

Private health and dental care

Mental health support

Free lunch and healthy snacks

Sports, games and culture clubs

Stock options

5 hours of free flying lessons

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Free EV Charging

Weekly Spot Bonuses

Relocation Support

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in system safety engineering in aerospace.
• Proficient in managing requirement sets and system architecture.
• Experience with aircraft performance simulation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure seamless integration of hydrogen-electric systems into aircraft.
• Develop and maintain simulation models and manage integration processes.
• Mentor teams on lifecycle and development assurance best practices.

Skills

Systems lifecycle processes

Aircraft control systems

Stakeholder management

System safety analysis techniques

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

RMT (Polarion, DOORS)

CAE (Matlab Simulink, Simcenter)

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer to join our Aircraft Engineering Integration Team in Kemble. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end integration of hydrogen-electric propulsion systems into aircraft platforms. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless system compatibility, safety, and certification readiness.

This is a critical role in advancing ZeroAvia's mission to deliver certified, zero-emission aircraft systems for commercial use.

Responsibilities:

• Apply skills to deliver clear, structured, and communicated systems engineering documentation across aircraft, system, and item levels.
• Develop and maintain system simulation models, controls models, and manage their integration with the wider system engineering development.
• Work closely with Airworthiness, Certification, Systems Safety, System Test, and downstream engineering to deliver lean system development in line with the guidance of ARP4754A/B and ARP4761/A
• Continuously upgrade and update process and planning documentation based on iterative maturity development.
• Act as mentor across business functions on matters relating to lifecycle, development assurance, requirements management, and consistently demonstrate working-level best practice.

Requirements

• Please only apply if you have experience in the aviation sector
• Demonstrated expertise in the application of Systems lifecycle processes (V-cycle), with a particular emphasis on the early phases of the V model.
• Previous experience within developmental lifecycles characterized by low maturity inputs is preferred.
• Proficient in aircraft control systems (preferably engine controls), including the capture of control functions and requirements, as well as the authoring of controller specifications to facilitate item development.
• Familiarity with aircraft or engine performance simulation and validation would be desirable.
• A proven track record of working effectively in small, high-performance teams is essential.
• Experience with certified or in-certification aircraft systems, including propeller, electrical power, flight control/avionics; or certified or in-certification powerplant systems, such as rotating components, engine control, and cooling/lubrication is considered advantageous.
• Extensive experience in the elicitation, capture, and management of requirement sets at all levels (aircraft, system, item), with a focus on ensuring their validation in accordance with completeness and correctness standards.
• Robust experience in the development of system architecture, functions, and interfaces, encompassing stakeholder management with downstream engineering teams, as well as assumption and risk management.
• Knowledge of system safety analysis techniques (FHA, FTA, FMEA) and reliability assessments is also desired.
• Considerable experience in managing systems engineering elements in software-centric environments, such as RMT (Polarion, DOORS) and CAE (Matlab Simulink, Simcenter).
• Strong aptitude for close collaboration with, and providing structure and clarity to, multiple cross-functional stakeholders. Additionally, a robust willingness to adapt based on stakeholder feedback and rigorous scrutiny is essential in this position.
• Experience in aviation-intended electric propulsion systems, fuel cell systems, or EVTOLs is considered a valuable asset.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in system safety engineering, particularly in the aerospace sector.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

We want to help you be your best self, at work and at home, that's why we provide our employees with...

• Private health and dental care - get access to services and support when you need them. Add you family members too*

• Mental health support - enjoy a culture where positive mental health is front of mind with our trained Mental Health First Aiders, Employee Assistance Programmes and wellbeing support
• Free lunch and healthy snacks - keeping you fueled up so you can help us deliver the technology of the future**
• Sports, games and culture clubs - connect and keep fit with other ZeroAvians by joining one of our subsidised clubs - such as, running, cycling, padel, trivia, theatre and gardening

We also offer:

• Stock options - so you can share our success
• 5 hours of free flying lessons
• 25 days holiday, plus public holidays - to help you manage your work-life balance
• Free EV Charging and membership in our EV Club
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes for EV Club, Curry's Tech, Cycle to Work, and Ikea furniture
• Weekly Spot Bonuses to reward excellence.
• Income Protection and Legal Support for peace of mind
• Relocation Support to make your move seamless