System Requirements Engineer

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

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Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a System Requirements Engineer to own the capture, analysis and management of requirements for complex engineering systems in aerospace and defence programmes. You will translate customer, operational and technical needs into clear, verifiable requirements that support design, delivery and acceptance across programmes.

Responsibilities include requirements decomposition, baselining, traceability and change control, ensuring clarity and testability, and

Qualifications

• Experience in requirements engineering for complex systems.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to structure large amounts of information.
• Experience with requirements management tools and change control.
• Good communication across technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Capture and structure stakeholder, user and system requirements at multiple levels of decomposition.
• Develop and maintain requirements baselines, traceability and change control.
• Ensure requirements are clear, testable and aligned to system intent and contractual obligations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to resolve ambiguities and understand trade-offs.
• Work with architecture, design, safety and test teams to flow down and verify requirements.
• Support impact assessments, technical reviews and requirement maturity assessments.
• Contribute to verification strategies and evidence structures linked to requirement compliance.

Job description

We are seeking a System Requirements Engineer to own the capture, analysis and management of requirements for complex engineering systems. This role is focused on ensuring that customer, operational and technical needs are translated into clear, coherent and verifiable requirements that support effective design, delivery and acceptance across aerospace and defence programmes.

Responsibilities

• Capture and structure stakeholder, user and system requirements at multiple levels of decomposition.
• Develop and maintain requirements baselines, traceability and change control throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Ensure requirements are clear, consistent, testable and aligned to system intent, operational need and contractual obligations.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to understand technical trade-offs and resolve ambiguities.
• Work with architecture, design, safety and test teams to ensure requirements are properly flowed down and verified.
• Support impact assessments, technical reviews and requirement maturity assessments.
• Contribute to the development of verification strategies and evidence structures linked to requirement compliance.

Requirements

• Experience in requirements engineering for complex systems, ideally within aerospace, defence or regulated engineering environments.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to methodically organise complex technical information in rapid development programmes.
• Experience with requirements management tools and disciplined configuration/change control.
• Understanding of how requirements support architecture, integration, verification and certification activities.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively and generate buy-in across technical and non-technical teams.
• Degree in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
• Experience in delivery of airborne systems within the defence industry would be highly advantageous.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds, we’re building a company for the scale and urgency of the mission and we’re one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in history. That demands exceptional people across every discipline—people who combine deep expertise with sound judgement, take ownership of difficult problems and turn ambition into results.

The standards are high. The work is demanding. The impact is real. If you want to build something that matters, join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.