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Job Title:  Senior Systems Engineer
Posting Start Date:  16/08/2026
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Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. For positions that perform IT responsibilities, use E646, Systems Engr-IT.

About the role

We are urgently seeking to recruit a number of Systems Engineers to be based predominantly on-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices.

These roles are to supplement the Engineering Team across various Business Areas of the company, including Special Projects and Platform Systems. Roles driven by Uncrewed Turret activity, which is calling on SME support, requiring backfill into BAs. 

Demonstrable knowledge and experience required in Systems Engineering, Designing and Integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component. 

Required skills, qualifications and experience

  • Experience of systems engineering lifecycle through the life of a large scale systems development programme, ideally in the Command & Control domain.
  • Experienced of modelling and simulation (Matlab/Simulink).
  • Experience in the Verification and Validation lifecycle.
  • Development of Verification & Acceptance (V&A) statements.
  • Knowledge of Comms & RF Network Architectures.
  • Change proposal assessment and embodiment.
  • Working understanding of relevant Def-Stan, MIL-STD and industry best practice.
  • Understand nuances of system limitations and behaviours at system level.
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