Systems Engineer

globalhr; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

2:1 pension contribution (up to 10%)

Private healthcare

Life assurance

25 days annual leave

Early finish Fridays

Career development and training

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Plymouth, UK, is seeking a Systems Engineer to develop, integrate and validate complex embedded systems across hardware, software and mechanical domains. You will work with customers and stakeholders to capture system-level requirements and architecture from concept to delivery.

The role offers a hybrid pattern at the Plymouth site, exposure to cutting-edge navigation and sensing technologies, and opportunities for career development, mentorship, and work on mission-critical

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Aerospace Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience as a Systems Engineer across the full development lifecycle.
• Strong requirements analysis and management skills.
• Experience in architectural design and decomposition.
• Experience creating test plans, cases and procedures and executing tests.
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS or Jama or similar).
• Familiarity with version control systems (SVN, Git, Teamwork Cloud).

Responsibilities

• Capture system-level use cases, concepts of operations and requirements from customers and stakeholders.
• Develop the system architecture.
• Interface with Systems, Software, Electrical and Mechanical engineering to produce component requirements.
• Support system integration for real-time embedded systems, including hardware/software interfaces.
• Ensure traceability from requirements to tests across the design.
• Develop and execute test cases and procedures against requirements.
• Apply problem-solving across software, hardware and system levels.
• Contribute to project planning, estimations and progress reporting.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Hardware-software integration

Stakeholder communication

Architecture design

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

DOORS

Jama

SVN

Git

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-08-24

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Plymouth, Plymouth

Position Role Type: Hybrid

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a world leader in advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industries. With a comprehensive inertial sensing and integrated navigation technology portfolio and deep domain expertise, we deliver cutting-edge systems that solve our customers’ toughest stabilisation, flight control and navigation challenges and help shape the future of aviation and defence.

This is a hybrid role based at our Plymouth site, where we design and manufacture control, navigation, and guidance systems for both air and surface applications. Our world-class products include MEMS-based Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and the TERPROM® Digital Terrain Reference Navigation System.

Our growth plan includes development and extension of our current technologies into state of the art military and civil aircraft applications and we’re looking for exceptional engineers to join us on that journey.

What You Will Do

As a Systems Engineer, you’ll play a key role in developing, integrating, and validating complex embedded systems. Working across hardware, software, and mechanical domains, you’ll contribute to projects from concept through to delivery, helping ensure our systems perform flawlessly in the most demanding environments.

Your day-to- day will include:

• Working with our customers and key stakeholders to understand and capture the system level use cases, concept of operations and requirements.
• Development of the system architecture.
• Interfacing with stakeholders across Systems, Software, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering and developing requirement specifications for each component of the system.
• Supporting system integration for real-time embedded systems, including hardware/software interfaces
• Ensuring requirement-to-requirement and requirements-to-test traceability throughout the design
• Developing test cases and procedures against the requirements and executing tests
• Applying logical and innovative problem-solving across software, hardware, and system levels
• Providing inputs to project planning, estimations and progress reporting

What You Will Learn:

At Collins Aerospace, your career development is as important as our technical innovation. You’ll benefit from:

• Exposure to cutting-edge navigation and sensing technologies.
• Mentorship and training from industry-leading experts.
• Opportunities to work on mission-critical systems used globally.
• A supportive environment that encourages continuous learning and career progression.

What You Must Have

• Degree qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated experience as a Systems Engineer, covering the full development lifecycle.
• Strong requirements analysis and management skills
• Experience of architectural design and decomposition.
• Experience of creating test plans, test cases and procedures and executing test programmes.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS (or Jama or similar)
• Familiarity with version control systems (SVN, Git, Teamwork Cloud)

Skills & Experience We Value:

• Experience with SysML tools such as EA (or Cameo) is preferred
• Ability to read and interpret schematics
• Data analysis
• Experience of Control Systems Engineering
• Experience of Digital Signal Processing
• Experience with platforms that utilise inertial sensors and associated requirements
• Experience using COTS test equipment in a lab environment (oscilloscopes, bus analysers, etc.)
• Experience with hardware in the loop test
• MATLAB

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Excellent 2:1 matched pension contribution (up to 10%).
• Private healthcare and life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Early finish Fridays and a culture that values work life balance.
• Ongoing career development, mentorship, and world class training.

Hybrid:

Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Note:

The successful candidate must hold an active or be willing and eligible to obtain SC level security clearance. Please note that access to certain projects may be restricted based on nationality.

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