Systems Engineering Leader (MBSE & Architecture)

globalhr; Winnersh; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Health & Wellbeing plan

Life assurance

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, at the Winnersh facility near Reading, seeks an experienced Associate Director of Systems Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary team onsite. The role focuses on setting techncial direction, MBSE adoption, and delivering complex aerospace programmes with strategic input to bids and roadmaps.

The successful candidate will drive architecture, verification, validation, and partnerships with customers and suppliers while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
• Significant experience in systems engineering within aerospace, defence or another highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience leading and managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex technical programmes.
• Strong knowledge of systems architecture, requirements management, integration, verification and validation.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and strong stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Check (SC) clearance and meet all associated security and pre-employment requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a high-performing Systems Engineering team across complex programmes, fostering a collaborative and technically excellent engineering environment.
• Set the systems engineering strategy, technical direction and engineering priorities.
• Provide leadership across requirements, system architecture, integration, verification and validation.
• Drive the use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and digital engineering practices.
• Lead technical reviews, trade studies, risk management and resolution of complex engineering issues.
• Work closely with Programme Management, Engineering, customers and suppliers to deliver programme objectives.
• Provide senior technical input to bids, new business opportunities and technology roadmaps.
• Develop engineering capability through coaching, mentoring and succession planning.
• Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace, safety, quality and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

MBSE

Requirements management

System architecture

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Regulatory standards knowledge

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM

Chartered Engineer or working towards

Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements-management tools

Job description

Collins Aerospace, at the Winnersh facility near Reading, seeks an experienced Associate Director of Systems Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary team onsite. The role focuses on setting techncial direction, MBSE adoption, and delivering complex aerospace programmes with strategic input to bids and roadmaps.

The successful candidate will drive architecture, verification, validation, and partnerships with customers and suppliers while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.