System Design Authority

Electus Recruitment; Southmoor; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

On-site restaurant

On-site gym

Job summary

Electus Recruitment is seeking a System Design Authority in Winfrith, England, offering hybrid work with 3-4 days on site. You will own system architecture decisions for advanced submarine systems and collaborate across engineering, project and supply chain teams to ensure delivery within cost, schedule, and performance targets.

The role requires eligibility for UK SC clearance, a strong systems engineering background, and experience in complex system architecture design with a track record in

Qualifications

• Eligibility for UK SC clearance.
• Strong systems engineering background.
• Experience in complex system architecture design.
• Ability to lead technical decision making.
• Exposure to full system lifecycle delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead system architecture definition across the full lifecycle.
• Support bid and proposal activity.
• Stakeholder management and act as technical authority.
• Collaborate with engineering, project and supply chain to meet cost, schedule and performance targets.
• Drive technical direction for future capability development and contribute to standardisation and technology roadmap.

Skills

UK SC clearance

Systems engineering

Complex system architecture

Technical decision making

Full lifecycle delivery

Job description

SYSTEM DESIGN AUTHORITY

What you will be doing

This is a rare opportunity to shape advanced submarine systems from early concept through to long term in-service evolution. You will take ownership of system level design decisions and ensure technical solutions remain robust, compliant and aligned to evolving operational needs. You will lead system architecture definition, support bid and proposal activity, stakeholder management, and act as a key technical authority across the full lifecycle of complex engineered solutions. The role also involves collaboration across engineering, project and supply chain teams to ensure delivery against cost, schedule and performance targets. As a System Design Authority you will help drive technical direction for future capability development and contribute to wider standardisation and technology roadmap activity within a highly specialist engineering environment.

What you will need

• Eligibility for UK SC clearance
• Strong systems engineering background
• Experience in complex system architecture design
• Ability to lead technical decision making
• Exposure to full system lifecycle delivery

Technical background (desirable)

Experience or exposure in one or more of the following areas would be beneficial (although other relevant technical backgrounds will be considered):

• Sonar or seismic array systems
• Signal processing, sensor data or telemetry
• Real time or decision support systems
• Towed array or cable handling systems
• Weapon or countermeasure systems
• Acoustic, RF or electromagnetic systems
• Industrial automation or control systems
• Safety critical systems engineering
• System modelling and simulation
• Submarine or marine systems concepts and technologies

Rewards and salary

Competitive salary.

Hybrid working with strong flexibility and structured development opportunities.

Your experience

• Systems engineering across full lifecycle environments
• Requirements definition and system decomposition
• Technical leadership in multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience supporting bids or technical proposals
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Ability to engage senior technical stakeholders

Benefits and flexibility

You will enjoy practical benefits including a strong pension scheme, flexible hybrid working arrangements, 25 days annual leave increasing with service, access to a free on-site restaurant and access to a free on-site gym.

Where you will work

Winfrith, with hybrid working 3-4 days on site expected.

Due to the projects worked on, the successful candidate must be able to achieve full SC (Security Clearance).