Senior Systems Engineering & Programme Lead (Flexible Hours)

Ultra Maritime; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

25 days’ holiday

Pension Contribution

4 x Life Assurance Cover

Flexible working hours

Cycle to work scheme

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

Ultra Intelligence & Communications in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to lead the delivery of complex defence programmes. You will guide the lifecycle from requirements through to validation, champion best practices, and mentor a team of engineers in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment.

This role involves coordinating across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance with ISO/IEEE/IEC standards, and driving continuous improvement while upholding security

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or defence/aerospace industry experience.
• Significant experience and a full understanding of Systems Engineering, the lifecycle, System of Systems principles, capability delivery, various development models and processes.
• Significant experience of developing high quality requirements and establishing a fully compliant capability/solution.
• Attained experience in a product line/capability-based approach supporting a capability framework/family of products.
• Demonstrable experience in implementing the full Engineering lifecycle per ISO/IEEE/IEC standards/principles.
• Technical and Line management experience of a team of systems engineers across programmes/projects.
• Experience in writing high quality technical documentation and formal technical reviews.
• Substantial knowledge of System Engineering practices, methodologies, processes and tools.
• Hands-on capability development of hardware, software or firmware embedded solutions.

Responsibilities

• Executing the engineering delivery of a programme/numerous projects of varying sizes.
• Supporting the Programme Management team in planning and scheduling; proposing optimisations to schedule logic.
• Identifying resource needs and coordinating with discipline leads to ensure staffing; contributing to recruitment planning.
• Ensuring engineering artefacts meet budget and schedule; aiming to beat schedule and improve margin.
• Raising impediments and proposing solutions with limited guidance.
• Articulating and quantifying technical risks; actively mitigating them.
• Managing the engineering budget and forecasting costs; implementing remedies for overspend.
• Coordinating all engineering resources; providing input for reporting; representing the company to customers/suppliers.
• Ensuring pre-authorisation of engineering work; proposing cheaper/quicker solutions.
• Proposing improvements and driving innovation to increase programme margin.
• Resolving cross-functional concerns and optimising business needs.
• Managing security of information per the Security manual.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Technical Leadership

Requirements Development

Risk Management

Budget & Cost Control

Project Coordination

Technical Documentation

Team Mentoring

Security Clearance Awareness

Education

Degree in Engineering/Mathematics/Physics

Job description

Ultra Intelligence & Communications in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to lead the delivery of complex defence programmes. You will guide the lifecycle from requirements through to validation, champion best practices, and mentor a team of engineers in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment.

This role involves coordinating across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance with ISO/IEEE/IEC standards, and driving continuous improvement while upholding security