Senior Systems Engineer - Secure Defence (Hybrid)

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England

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (+ ability to purchase more)
Pension
Life cover
Hybrid working: 3 days onsite / 2 remote
Opportunities to work on high-impact, nationally significant projects

Job summary

A specialist engineering and technology business in the UK is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to lead technical delivery on secure communication systems. You will contribute to systems architecture, requirements capture, and documentation. This mid-senior level role requires over 5 years of systems engineering experience, and offers a hybrid working model with a competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday and a pension.

Qualifications

  • Must be a British citizen or eligible for UK SC clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Key contributor to architecture, requirements capture, design, verification, and documentation.
  • Define solutions for new product development and existing defence programmes.
  • Hands-on role requiring strategic involvement across system architecture and verification.

Skills

5+ years’ experience in a similar systems engineering role
Strong experience across the full product development lifecycle
Ability to lead and deliver on system architecture, requirements, integration & verification
Confident in producing high-quality documentation and system-level design artefacts

Education

BSc / MSc in Engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

A specialist engineering and technology business in the UK is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to lead technical delivery on secure communication systems. You will contribute to systems architecture, requirements capture, and documentation. This mid-senior level role requires over 5 years of systems engineering experience, and offers a hybrid working model with a competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday and a pension.
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