Senior Systems Engineer

Raytheon; Warminster; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career growth opportunities

Defence industry collaboration

Job summary

OMNIA Training in Warminster, Wiltshire seeks a Systems Engineer to join a high-impact team delivering advanced training systems for the British Army. You will define work packages, produce designs, and ensure compliance with technical standards across multiple capabilities in a hybrid work setup.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, translate operational needs into practical architectures, support testing and deployment, and contribute to continuous improvement and safety

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-disciplinary systems engineering environments.
• Ability to translate operational and technical requirements into practical system architectures.
• Experience with testing, deployment and problem solving in Agile/SAFe environments.
• Familiarity with Cloud hosting (AWS/Azure) and SC eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Define work packages and technical requirements across complex services and capabilities.
• Define requirements and produce designs.
• Log, delegate and quality assure activities.
• Serve as the technical liaison between engineering and supply chain partners.
• Maintain records and lead audits.
• Contribute to execution of key work packages.
• Lead systems engineering activities including product development and qualification.
• Assist in review and delivery of advanced training environments.
• Contribute to maintenance, installation and problem resolution.
• Improve system operation and performance.
• Champion and foster a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance.
• Perform other duties to meet programme needs.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary teams

Systems engineering knowledge

System requirements writing

V-model lifecycles

Interface Control Documents

Education

Engineering degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About us

At OMNIA Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world. OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you. OMNIA is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

The role

This is more than a job — it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win.

Location: Warminster, Wiltshire

Time Type: Full time

Role Type: Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Working with a multi-disciplined team to define work packages and technical requirements across multiple complex services and capabilities to meet required technical and operational specifications
• Defining requirements and producing designs.
• Carries out agreed operational procedures of a routine nature, logging, delegating and quality assuring
• Act as the technical liaison between engineering teams and supply chain partners, ensuring technical specifications, standards, and integration requirements are clearly communicated and understood.
• Maintains relevant records and documentation, leads audits
• Individually contribute to the execution and delivery of key work packages
• Undertake, leading where required activities associated with Systems Engineering, including product development and qualification
• Work with the OMNIA Training team to assist in the review, analysis, implementation and delivery of advanced training environments and concepts
• Contributes to maintenance, installation and problem resolution
• Contributes to and helps improve system operation
• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

Who we are looking for

We’re after individuals who want to serve. You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you’ll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You won’t necessarily have a military background, but you’ll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

Essential Skills and Experience

Working in multi-disciplinary teams within a system engineering environment.

Knowledge of Systems Engineering Process (ISO **)

Experience of writing system requirements and producing design documentation.

Knowledge in the System Engineering V-model lifecycles and processes.

Writing technical specifications and Interface Control Documents (ICDs)

Systems Engineering technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques

Experience with the Atlassian Suite, working with Jira, Confluence

Engineering background with a degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

Ability to translate operational and technical requirements into practical system architectures, designs and implementation plans

Experience supporting technical deployments within structured delivery environments (e.g. Agile or SAFe)

Experience supporting system testing, validation, and troubleshooting during deployment and operational phases

Experience of Cloud Service and hosting with AWS or Azure.

Holds, or is eligible to obtain, UK Security Clearance (SC).

Desirable Skills and Experience

Experience of writing training system requirements and designs across the Live Virtual and Constructive environments.

Engineering, (mechanical, electrical, software, systems)

Awareness of TOGAF and/or NAFv4.

Experience delivering multi-system integration projects within defence, government, or highly regulated environments.

Working knowledge of Training Systems standards and frameworks (DIS/HLA/SISO).

Experience implementing and configuring training solution technologies across Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environments.

Experience working with external suppliers and vendors to deliver integrated technical solutions, including reviewing technical documentation to ensure alignment with system/architecture requirements and standards.

Experience supporting procurement or supply chain teams by translating technical specifications and integration requirements.

Understanding of interoperability standards or integration frameworks used within enterprise or defence systems.

Experience or knowledge of Combined Arms Virtual Simulations (CAVS) or Tactical Engagement Systems (TES)

What we offer

• Be Part of a Ground-breaking Mission
• Join the UK’s most advanced defence training alliance, where industry experts converge to push boundaries and deliver excellence.
• A Culture Built on Collaboration
• Work in an inclusive, high-performing team that celebrates ideas, supports growth, and is laser-focused on delivering results.
• Team dynamics
• You will be part of a team that works together, across multiple organisations united in one mission.
• Work Across Borders, United in Purpose
• Operate across organisations with one shared goal - improving capability across all domains.
• Drive Innovation
• Your voice matters. We champion new ideas, welcome change, and believe in continuous improvement with a growth mind-set.
• Shape the Future
• Play a crucial role in a long-term, future-facing programme with real-world impact on national defence.
• Career Growth & Benefits
• Enjoy a strong benefits package, ongoing development opportunities, and clear pathways to progress within a trusted defence industry partner.

Equal Opportunity Employment

OMNIA Training and its partners are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities — what matters is your passion, your expertise, and your dedication to the mission.

Hybrid Setup and Commute

This position is classified as: Hybrid:Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Equal Employment Statement

#LI-JR1RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.