Senior Systems Engineer II — Maritime Defense Lead & Mentor

Ultra Maritime; Northolt; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Time Off In lieu

Annual bonus

25 days leave

Integrity & Transparency

Job summary

Ultra Maritime is a global leader in advanced maritime defence solutions. We operate at the forefront of innovation, delivering technologies that protect lives, secure nations, and enable a safer, more sustainable world.

We offer flexibility with hybrid or remote options and bespoke working patterns to suit your lifestyle. We seek a seasoned systems engineer with 5+ years in complex environments, strong process knowledge, and a track record producing quality engineering docs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant technical discipline.
• 5+ years in a complex engineering environment (defence/maritime preferred).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering process, practice and tools.
• Experience producing high-quality engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Apply end-to-end systems engineering methods across the full lifecycle.
• Develop system requirements, specifications, design artefacts, and test documentation.
• Support System-level design reviews and customer presentations.
• Lead systems work packages delivering to time, cost, and quality.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, contributing to capability development.
• Provide technical leadership and influence multidisciplinary design decisions.
• Produce engineering estimates, identifying dependencies, assumptions, and risks.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Engineering documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant technical discipline

Job description

Ultra Maritime is a global leader in advanced maritime defence solutions. We operate at the forefront of innovation, delivering technologies that protect lives, secure nations, and enable a safer, more sustainable world.

We offer flexibility with hybrid or remote options and bespoke working patterns to suit your lifestyle. We seek a seasoned systems engineer with 5+ years in complex environments, strong process knowledge, and a track record producing quality engineering docs.