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Senior Systems Engineer

Job Posted: 21 days ago

Salary: £ 65 - 75 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Livingston, West Lothian

Expire in: 6 days

Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer
Livingston or Glenrothes (Hybrid – minimum 3 days onsite) – 12 months (Inside IR35)
BPSS needed (SC is ideal)

Overview
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join a high-performing Weapons & Sensors engineering team, supporting the delivery of complex programmes for UK-based customers.
Reporting to the Senior Programme Manager within the Power Development Team, the role spans the full product lifecycle and involves working within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment using modern digital engineering approaches.
This position offers strong professional development opportunities within a growing defence-focused engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

  * Requirements Management: Capture, analyse, and manage system requirements, ensuring they are clearly defined, verifiable, and traceable throughout the lifecycle.

  * System Design: Develop and optimise system architectures and components, balancing performance, cost, size, and other constraints.

  * Interface Management: Manage technical interfaces between subsystems and external systems, ensuring interoperability and performance targets are achieved.

  * Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V): Develop and execute IV&V strategies, ensuring compliance with requirements through structured testing and validation.

  * Product Qualification: Lead certification and qualification activities to ensure systems meet relevant defence/aerospace standards for operational deployment.

  * Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including software, electrical, and mechanical engineers, as well as project stakeholders.

  * Support root cause analysis and resolution of system-level issues.

  * Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Essential Skills & Experience

  * Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.

  * Proven experience within the defence or aerospace sector.

  * Demonstrated expertise in:

      * Requirements management

      * System design

      * Interface management

      * Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V)

      * Product qualification

  * Familiarity with relevant defence and/or aerospace standards and regulations.

  * Experience using engineering tools for modelling, simulation, and analysis.

  * Strong technical leadership capability.

Desirable Skills

  * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

  * Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  * Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments.

  * Familiarity with tools such as DOORS, MBSE methodologies, and MATLAB.

  * Experience leading or managing engineering teams

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