Systems Engineer

Pace XL Ltd.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work

Lunchtime catering on site

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of complex aerospace and defence systems from concept to delivery. This role spans multidisciplinary engineering activities and requires expertise in key systems engineering skill sets.

You will define architectures, capture requirements, perform analyses, and contribute to safety, verification, and integration activities, working with software, hardware, mechanical, RF, and test teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in systems engineering with MBSE.
• Experience in safety and certification in aerospace/defence.
• Ability to capture and manage requirements with traceability.
• Strong communication of trade-offs and structured thinking.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and maintain system architectures and interfaces.
• Capture, analyse and manage requirements with traceability.
• Perform operational and performance analyses to quantify system behaviour.
• Apply MBSE and systems engineering processes across the lifecycle.
• Support safety, certification, verification, and validation activities.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, mechanical, RF, test and programme teams.
• Contribute to trials, demonstrations, and technical reviews.

Skills

System architecture

Requirements management

Operational analysis

MBSE

Safety certification

Testing & verification

Trials & demos

Analytical thinking

Systems lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or sciences

Job description

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of complex aerospace and defence systems from concept to delivery. This opportunity spans multidisciplinary engineering activities, and we are seeking applicants who can bring one or more key systems engineering skill sets.

Overview

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of complex aerospace and defence systems from concept to delivery. This opportunity spans multidisciplinary engineering activities, and we are seeking applicants who can bring one or more key systems engineering skill sets.

Responsibilities

• Defines, develops, and maintains system architectures, interfaces, and functional allocations for new and evolving products
• Capture, analyse and manage requirements, ensuring traceability from user need through to design, verification and acceptance evidence
• Perform operational and performance analysis to quantify system behaviour, assess trade-offs, and support the development of new capabilities
• Apply systems engineering processes and methods across the lifecycle, including model-based approaches where appropriate
• Support or lead safety, certification, verification, and validation activities
• Work closely with software, hardware, mechanical, RF, test, and programme teams to ensure coherent system development and integration
• Contribute to trials, demonstrations, and technical reviews, with responsibilities shaped by the individual role focus and programme needs

Requirements

• Strong capability in one or more relevant systems engineering skill areas:
  • System architecture definition and ownership
  • Requirements capture and management
  • Operational analysis
  • Application of systems engineering principles, including MBSE
  • Safety and certification in aerospace & defence
  • Test, validation and verification
  • Trials and demonstrations support
• Ability to apply structured engineering thinking and communicate technical trade-offs clearly
• Familiarity with systems engineering lifecycle delivery, with the breadth to contribute beyond a single specialism where required
• Degree in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
• Defence or aerospace industry experience

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lunchtime catering on site

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 one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to 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.