Systems Engineer

Cranleigh Scientific; Waverley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

H-Power is seeking a graduate or early-career Systems Engineer to join its Systems Engineering team. You will gain cradle-to-grave exposure to how hydrogen-generation and clean-power technologies are defined, delivered and supported in the field.

You will start with requirements management and V&V, building strong foundations while interacting with engineering, planning, finance and customer-facing teams. The role offers hybrid onsite work after probation.

Qualifications

• A degree in systems, process, chemical or mechanical engineering.
• A relevant scientific discipline such as chemistry or physics.
• Interest in requirements management, V&V and multidisciplinary product development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a methodical approach.
• Good communication skills to influence without formal authority.
• Organised and detail-focused with the ability to manage technical information.

Responsibilities

• Manage capture, review and management of stakeholder, system and subsystem requirements.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, system design and verification evidence.
• Support V&V planning, evidence management and technical readiness activities.
• Contribute to technical assessments, option evaluations and trade studies.
• Help define system architectures, interfaces, states and modes.
• Prepare and maintain specifications, reports, plans, interface documents and other deliverables.
• Support product engineering across the lifecycle, including customer-facing documentation.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to understand issues and impacts.
• Support governance, change control and engineering processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Structured approach

Stakeholder communication

Proactive

Attention to detail

Education

Engineering degree

Science background (chemistry/physics)

Job description

H-Power is looking for a graduate or early-career Systems Engineer to join its growing five-person Systems Engineering team. This is an opportunity to build broad, practical systems experience while contributing to the development of hydrogen-generation and clean-power technologies.

You will work across the full product lifecycle and interact with teams throughout the business, including engineering, project planning, finance and customer-facing functions. The environment is dynamic and fast-moving, so the role will suit someone who is proactive, confident and motivated by the opportunity to make a visible contribution.

Your immediate focus will be requirements management and verification and validation (V&V), helping the team work through an important delivery backlog. As you develop, your remit will broaden across technical delivery and product engineering, giving you cradle-to-grave exposure to how H-Power's products are defined, delivered, documented and supported in the field.

What you'll be doing

• Support the capture, review and management of stakeholder, system and subsystem requirements.
• Maintain clear traceability between requirements, system design and verification evidence.
• Support V&V planning, evidence management and technical readiness activities.
• Contribute to technical assessments, option evaluations and trade studies that support project decisions.
• Help define system architectures, functional breakdowns, interfaces, states and modes.
• Prepare and maintain specifications, reports, plans, interface documents and other technical deliverables.
• Support product engineering across the full lifecycle, including customer-facing documentation and technical product information.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to understand technical issues, dependencies and system-level impacts.
• Support product compliance, configuration management, change control and engineering governance.
• Contribute to the continued development of H-Power's systems engineering processes, templates and ways of working.

You do not need to arrive as a fully developed Systems Engineer. H-Power is prepared to provide training and upskilling, but you will need strong technical foundations, a structured approach and the drive to develop quickly.

What we're looking for

• A degree in systems, process, chemical or mechanical engineering, or a relevant scientific discipline such as chemistry or physics.
• An interest in requirements management, V&V and multidisciplinary product development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a logical and methodical approach.
• The confidence and communication skills to influence people without relying on formal authority.
• A proactive, engaging personality and the ability to build relationships across different teams and levels of the business.
• The organisation and attention to detail needed to manage technical information and documentation accurately.
• The adaptability to work effectively in a dynamic, evolving clean-technology environment.
• The right to work in the UK without sponsorship, now or in the future.

Working pattern

The role will initially be based onsite at H-Power's Dunsfold facility five days per week during the three-month probation period, with occasional ad-hoc home working where appropriate. After probation, the position will move to a hybrid pattern with three days per week onsite.

H-Power has appointed Cranleigh STEM as its exclusive RPO recruitment partner.