Senior Systems Engineer

Lynx Recruitment Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Systems Engineer in the United Kingdom. You will provide systems engineering expertise and leadership across multi-disciplinary projects, covering all lifecycle phases. Responsibilities include leading engineering activities, managing requirements, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate should possess a strong understanding of systems engineering practices and have experience in integration and verification processes.

Qualifications

• Expertise in systems engineering and lifecycle management.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and support technical delivery.
• Experience in managing technical deliverables and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Capture and manage system requirements with full traceability.
• Develop system architectures and coordinate integration activities.
• Define verification and validation plans to meet customer expectations.
• Contribute to hazard analysis and risk assessment.

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.