Systems Engineering Team Lead

Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA); England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK seeks a Systems Engineering Team Lead to manage a team through the design and development of critical systems. Responsibilities include leading project delivery, supporting business development, and ensuring efficient team operations. The ideal candidate has experience in leadership, verification, and validation. A competitive salary of up to £80k along with generous benefits is offered.

Benefits

Work life balance

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell

Private medical health insurance

Employee Discounts portal

Onsite bistro and free beverages

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a similar role.
• Extensive knowledge and experience within Verification and Validation.
• Good understanding of requirements capture and experience using DOORS.

Responsibilities

• Ensure team members have tools to work safely and efficiently.
• Support business development with technical expertise.
• Lead delivery of engineering work packages.

Skills

Leadership

Verification and Validation

Requirements Capture

DOORS proficiency

Job description

Overview

About The Role: Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. Taking responsibility for a team of Systems Engineers in the design and development and support of our products. Leading the team to progress the design, development, design proving, test, commissioning, and in-service support of equipment. Systems Engineering Team Lead will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working. The salary for this role is up to £80k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

• 25% Team Leadership and Management - Ensure that team members have appropriate tools and equipment to do the role safely and efficiently. Allocation of team members to projects based on the priorities given by the business whilst supporting and empowering team members to ensure that they can grow and develop.
• 25% Business Development Support - Provide technical expertise and support to the Business Development function including the generation of technical proposals and bids. Assist in the evaluation of new technology and methods. Support business development and bidding activities through technical work package definition and related resource effort estimation.
• 50% Project Delivery - Coordinate and lead the delivery of engineering work packages. Lead system integration verification and validation activities and manage issue resolution. Manage the capture, analysis, traceability, configuration and V&V of product requirements. Carry out functional and non-functional system analyses.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we're always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

• Work life balance
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Canada Life GP and financial advice
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
• Facilities & resources
• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

The skills you need

• Previous experience working in a similar role
• Extensive Knowledge and experience of working within Verification and Validation
• A good understanding of requirements capture and experience of using DOORS to manage requirements
• Previous experience in Leadership and Leading Teams

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters. If you'd like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on (phone number removed). Or reach out to us on (url removed)