Senior Systems Engineer – Spacecraft Platforms Lead

ClarityLoop Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AAC Clyde Space is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to drive the design, integration and delivery of spacecraft platforms and missions.

You will apply systems thinking and provide technical leadership across disciplines to translate objectives into robust, verifiable system solutions. You will mentor engineers and ensure consistency across requirements, architecture, interfaces, analysis, verification, AIT and operations.

Qualifications

• Significant systems engineering experience on complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Proven technical leadership and capability to guide teams.
• Strong requirements management with traceability and verification.

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Lead for spacecraft projects or major work packages.
• Define and manage spacecraft and mission architectures and interfaces.
• Lead requirements negotiation, traceability and verifications across lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and drive improvements in systems engineering tools and processes.
• Communicate status, risks and options to stakeholders clearly.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements management

Stakeholder management

MBSE

System verification

Written and verbal communication

English proficiency

Tools

STK

ECSS

Job description

AAC Clyde Space is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to drive the design, integration and delivery of spacecraft platforms and missions.

You will apply systems thinking and provide technical leadership across disciplines to translate objectives into robust, verifiable system solutions. You will mentor engineers and ensure consistency across requirements, architecture, interfaces, analysis, verification, AIT and operations.