UAS Systems Engineer – Autonomous Flight & Integration

Roboticsconnected; Fareham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SYOS Aerospace is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer to own architecture, decomposition, integration and verification for uncrewed air platforms, spanning mechanical, electrical and propulsion subsystems.

You will collaborate with the Senior Mechanical Engineer, support production deployment, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance while traveling across the UK and Europe to challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace/defence/robotics engineering environments.
• Understanding of systems architecture and requirements management.
• Experience integrating mechanical, electrical and propulsion systems.
• Knowledge of verification, validation and testing methodologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across disciplines.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage system architecture and functional decomposition across SYOS uncrewed air platforms.
• Lead systems integration across mechanical, electrical and propulsion subsystems.
• Coordinate system-level verification, validation and testing for performance and reliability.
• Identify and resolve integration challenges with engineering and production teams.
• Support development, documentation and maintenance of system requirements and specs.
• Ensure compliance with performance, durability, safety and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering and production to support maturity, build readiness and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to delivering aircraft from development to production and deployment.
• Assist deployments across the UK and Europe, including travel to high-risk environments.

Skills

Systems engineering

Systems architecture

Requirements management

Functional decomposition

Verification & testing

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Technical documentation

Willingness to travel

Job description

SYOS Aerospace is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer to own architecture, decomposition, integration and verification for uncrewed air platforms, spanning mechanical, electrical and propulsion subsystems.

You will collaborate with the Senior Mechanical Engineer, support production deployment, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance while traveling across the UK and Europe to challenging environments.