Senior UAV Systems Engineer - MBSE & Autonomy Lead

Matchtech; Burghill; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative engineering culture

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the systems engineering activities across the full UAV development lifecycle, applying MBSE to design, requirements management, and integration of autonomous aircraft systems.

You will work with software, electronics, mechanical, and flight test teams to ensure seamless system integration, lead verification and validation activities, and produce essential technical documentation while staying at the forefront of UAV and defence technologies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience applying MBSE methodologies and tools.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle (requirements, integration, verification, validation).
• Experience with complex multidisciplinary programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering across full UAV development lifecycle.
• Apply MBSE to support design, architecture and requirements management.
• Define, capture and manage system requirements for autonomous aircraft systems.
• Support design and integration of flight control, navigation, payload and mission systems.
• Collaborate with software, electronics, mechanical and flight test teams for system integration.
• Lead verification, validation and acceptance activities at subsystem and platform level.
• Conduct trade studies and system analyses to inform design decisions.
• Support flight trials and testing to meet operational objectives.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation throughout development lifecycle.
• Stay abreast of UAV/autonomy/defence tech to drive innovation.

Skills

MBSE

Systems engineering lifecycle

Requirements management

Integration

Verification and validation

Multidisciplinary teams

Flight control systems

Autonomy and mission systems

Stakeholder management

Start-up / innovation environment

Education

Degree in Systems/ Aerospace/ Electronics/ Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SysML

Job description

Matchtech is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the systems engineering activities across the full UAV development lifecycle, applying MBSE to design, requirements management, and integration of autonomous aircraft systems.

You will work with software, electronics, mechanical, and flight test teams to ensure seamless system integration, lead verification and validation activities, and produce essential technical documentation while staying at the forefront of UAV and defence technologies.