Senior Systems Engineer - Systems Architecture & Validation

HENSOLDT South Africa; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 720,000 - 960,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa seeks a motivated Systems Engineer to join our multi‑disciplinary Engineering team in Centurion. You will contribute to the full systems engineering life cycle, from defining operational concepts and system requirements to supporting integration, verification, and lifecycle management activities.

The role emphasizes rigorous requirements management, architecture development, system modelling, analysis, and governance to deliver compliant, safe, and producible systems for

Qualifications

• BSc / BEng in Electronic, Software, Mechanical or related Engineering field.
• BSc/BEng (Hons) or MSc/MEng advantageous.
• Minimum 3 years’; preferably 5 years’ experience in advanced engineering environments, doing complex system architectures.
• Formal training in System Life Cycle Management is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Define and manage system requirements and architectures within the systems engineering framework to ensure traceability, alignment, and compliance with stakeholder, functional, and physical design expectations.
• Support the development of system‑level technical solutions within design, cost, schedule, and regulatory constraints to ensure compliant, supportable, manufacturable, and safe system outcomes.
• Conduct system analyses, modelling, simulations, and trade‑off studies within the engineering lifecycle to optimise system performance, inform design decisions, and ensure robust risk and cost management.
• Support system integration, testing, verification, validation, and lifecycle activities within defined engineering processes to ensure successful system realisation, performance compliance, and operational readiness.
• Coordinate technical governance, stakeholder engagement, and project support activities within programme and engineering environments to ensure alignment, effective communication, risk management, and delivery against project objectives.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Systems modelling

Performance analysis

Documentation & problem solving

Education

BSc/BEng in Engineering

Hons/MSc advantageous

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa seeks a motivated Systems Engineer to join our multi‑disciplinary Engineering team in Centurion. You will contribute to the full systems engineering life cycle, from defining operational concepts and system requirements to supporting integration, verification, and lifecycle management activities.

The role emphasizes rigorous requirements management, architecture development, system modelling, analysis, and governance to deliver compliant, safe, and producible systems for