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Systems Engineer – Defence, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint S&T and Defence Digital Projects

Location: Bristol

Salary: £35,000 to £55,000 plus pension, medical, bonus and many benefits

Our clientprovides science and technology consultancy expertise to help solve the most complex challenges faced by mission-critical defence programmes.
Their defence practice works in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors on developing and leveraging next-generation technologies, enterprise transformation, feasibility analysis, system engineering, and programme delivery across S&T, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint, and defence digital projects.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise role of Systems Engineer:

We’re looking fordriven, adaptable professionalswith a background in consultancy or defence—people who thrive in both independent roles and collaborative, cross-functional teams. If you're passionate about solving complex problems and shaping the future of defence systems, we want to hear from you.

As aSystems Engineer, you’ll bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience. Ideally, you will have:

• Experience of requirements management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents),
• Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
• Comprehension of Defence Lines of Development, and how they can drive requirements,
• Knowledge of operational environments, including understanding the challenges and impacts of the following: geography, climate, media and information, population, urbanisation or cyber.
• Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
• Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.

This is a customer facing role, travel required to customer sites

Key Responsibilities – Systems Engineer:

As a Systems Engineer you will play a pivotal role in MOD programme across the CADMID cycle and in a number of domains, providing expert consultation to design, develop, and integrate complex systems and technologies.

We are looking for Systems Engineers with broad expertise as well as a specialism in one or more disciplines, including:

• System Design and Architecture
• Requirements Engineering and Management
• Stakeholder Collaboration System of Systems (SoS) Integration and Testing
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Technology Evaluation
• Documentation and Reporting

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Systems Engineer – Defence