Senior Systems Engineer: Precision Metrology Systems

AMETEK; Leicester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Accreditation mentoring (IMechE/MIET/C

Continuous training

1 PM Friday finish

Onsite parking

Job summary

Taylor Hobson, part of AMETEK, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for our R&D team in the UK. This role ensures technical coherence from concept to release, bridging mechanical, electrical and software domains with robust system architectures and validated product solutions.

You will lead requirements decomposition, verification strategies and cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams and driving continuous improvement in systems engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Degree in systems engineering or related field.
• Proven experience as a systems engineer in metrology, automation, or similar.
• Experience with requirements management and verification/validation.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document system requirements from stakeholders.
• Maintain architectures and interface definitions across domains.
• Lead trade-off studies balancing performance, cost and risk.
• Coordinate subsystem integration and issue resolution across teams.
• Develop verification and validation strategies for products.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Traceability

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools awareness

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering

Tools

AI tools usage

Job description

Taylor Hobson, part of AMETEK, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for our R&D team in the UK. This role ensures technical coherence from concept to release, bridging mechanical, electrical and software domains with robust system architectures and validated product solutions.

You will lead requirements decomposition, verification strategies and cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams and driving continuous improvement in systems engineering practices.