Senior Systems Engineer

Expleo Group; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative environment

ExpleoAcademy training

Competitive benefits

Defence programme exposure

Disability Confident CommittedEmployer

Job summary

Expleo Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead system engineering activities for naval air defence programmes. You will drive requirements analysis, interface definition and technical artefacts across bid, assessment and concept development phases.

The role requires broad systems engineering expertise, strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to coordinate across multiple work packages, delivering clear technical solutions and evidence at customer reviews.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM discipline.
• Experience in Defence, Aerospace, Maritime or safety-critical environments.
• Strong systems engineering knowledge across the engineering lifecycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with integrated teams.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities across bidding, assessment and early lifecycle phases.
• Perform impact assessments for system and capability changes.
• Provide technical input to bid/proposal activities with artefacts and work content.
• Support feasibility studies and concept investigations.
• Act as subsystem technical focal point for technical reviews and engineering decisions.
• Analyse system requirements and engineering documentation.
• Develop and maintain system and munition-level documentation.
• Respond to technical queries and engineering issues.
• Contribute to safety-related engineering activities and incident resolution.
• Create and maintain interface definitions and presentations.
• Produce technical reports and engineering evidence for milestones and reviews.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and customer stakeholders.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Technical documentation

Interface management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Written and verbal communication

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering or STEM

Job description

Expleo is seeking a highly capable Senior Systems Engineer to support the development and evolution of complex naval air defence systems. The successful candidate will provide technical systems engineering leadership during bid, assessment and concept development phases, supporting the generation of technical solutions, requirements analysis, interface development and technical artefacts for future capability enhancements.

The role requires a broad systems engineering background, strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work across multiple work packages, supporting programme delivery in a fast-moving and evolving customer environment. The engineer will act as a technical focal point for assigned subsystems, supporting technical reviews, impact assessments, requirements analysis and interface definition activities.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities across the bidding, assessment and early lifecycle phases of defence programmes.
• Perform impact assessments to evaluate proposed system and capability changes.
• Provide technical input to bid and proposal activities, including the generation of technical artefacts and work package content.
• Support feasibility studies and concept investigations for future programme capabilities.
• Act as a subsystem technical focal point, supporting technical reviews and engineering decision-making.
• Analyse and review system requirements and associated engineering documentation.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of system-level and munition-level technical documentation.
• Support investigation and resolution of technical queries and engineering issues.
• Contribute to safety-related engineering activities and incident resolution support.
• Generate and maintain interface definitions, interface documentation and supporting technical presentations.
• Produce technical reports, presentations and engineering evidence to support programme milestones and customer reviews.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams, programme managers and customer stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or another relevant STEM discipline.
• Demonstrable experience working within Defence, Aerospace, Maritime or other safety-critical environments.

Essential Skills

• Strong systems engineering knowledge across the engineering lifecycle.
• Requirements analysis and management.
• Technical documentation and report generation.
• Impact assessment and engineering change analysis.
• System and subsystem integration awareness.
• Interface definition and interface management.
• Technical review and stakeholder engagement.
• Structured problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently whilst collaborating within integrated teams.

Desired Skills

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards professional registration.
• INCOSE Systems Engineering certification.

Experience

• Delivering systems engineering activities within complex engineering programmes.
• Supporting technical bids, studies and concept development activities.
• Reviewing and analysing technical requirements.
• Producing technical artefacts, reports and presentations.
• Supporting engineering issue resolution and technical investigations.
• Working directly with engineering stakeholders across multiple programme disciplines.
• Experience supporting naval defence or guided weapons programmes.

What Do I Need Before I Apply

• Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance.
• Ability to work within customer and supplier engineering environments.
• Willingness to support activities at customer locations when required.
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic programme environment with evolving priorities and stakeholder dependencies.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive