Space Systems Engineering Lead — Hybrid

Holt Executive; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Relocation assistance

Professional development

Cleanroom facilities access

Job summary

Holt Executive is seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Team Lead to drive the technical delivery of complex space spacecraft and systems. You will lead a team of systems engineers from architecture through to integration, verification and delivery, while closely coordinating with project managers, customers and suppliers.

You will shape technical solutions, perform system-level trade-offs and manage requirements, risk and schedules to ensure performance and cost targets are met.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in space systems engineering or a similarly complex engineering environment.
• 2+ years' experience managing or leading systems engineers.
• Strong background in space or complex engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of approximately 6–8 systems engineers, supporting their development, workload and performance.
• Define mission concepts, system requirements, technical objectives and development profiles.
• Lead system-level architecture development and technical trade-off studies.
• Identify key technical drivers relating to system performance, risk, cost and schedule.
• Lead technical discussions and present trade-off analyses to stakeholders.
• Manage requirements, design baselines and configuration/change management.
• Coordinate deliverables, risk mitigation activities and priorities across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support recruitment, interviewing and onboarding of new team members.
• Identify skills gaps and develop development plans for engineers.
• Review and provide technical oversight of engineering outputs.
• Support hands-on systems engineering activities when required.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Trade-off analysis

Risk management

Configuration management

Verification & validation

Space systems

Job description

Holt Executive is seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Team Lead to drive the technical delivery of complex space spacecraft and systems. You will lead a team of systems engineers from architecture through to integration, verification and delivery, while closely coordinating with project managers, customers and suppliers.

You will shape technical solutions, perform system-level trade-offs and manage requirements, risk and schedules to ensure performance and cost targets are met.