Senior Systems Engineer- Software Systems- Defence

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilledSenior Systems Engineerwith a strong focus onsoftware systemsto join our dynamic team in thedefence sector. This role is pivotal in shaping complex systems that meet diverse customer needs, ensuring robust requirements management, and driving software development aligned with strategic product line goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Engagement & Requirements Capture:
  Collaborate with defence clients to understand, elicit, and refine their operational needs and translate them into clear, actionable system and software requirements.
• Requirements Derivation & Flowdown:
  Develop and manage system, subsystem, and software requirements using industry-standard tools, ensuring traceability and alignment with customer expectations.
• Product Line Strategy Support:
  Contribute to product line development by informing common architecture and reusable software components that serve multiple customer applications.
• Change Management:
  Define and implement controlled processes for managing engineering changes, ensuring system integrity and compliance throughout the lifecycle.
• Software Item Ownership:
  Act as the internal customer for specific software components, guiding their development and integration within the broader system architecture.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience inrequirements management and derivation, ideally within thedefence industry.
• Proficiency withsystems engineering toolssuch asDOORS, DOORS NG, Rhapsody, or similar.
• Strong understanding offunctional designand the ability to flow requirements through system, subsystem, and equipment levels.
• Excellent communication skills totranslate complex technical conceptsinto clear, customer-friendly language.
• Demonstrated ability inengineering change control and configuration management.
• Experience initiating and conductingtrade studiesandsystem development activities.
• Background in developingcomplex systems, preferably in a defence or aerospace environment.
• Ability tocommunicate architectures and technical ideaseffectively across all levels of stakeholders.
• Strongstakeholder managementand interpersonal skills.
• Experience working withproduct linesand modular system architectures is highly desirable.

Competitive Rates Outside IR-35