Systems Engineer

Description

Posted 30 October 2026 for a role based in the United Kingdom.

The company is a UK business within a larger US group, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with more than 180,000 staff worldwide. It supplies advanced systems and services to commercial, military and government customers.

This is a systems engineering role in defence, suited to someone who has taken product development from requirements through to acceptance. Training development experience is ideal.

You would work alongside specialists in requirements, test and acceptance, system architecture and supportability.

Responsibilities

• Define work packages and technical requirements with the Solution Architect.
• Deliver key work packages by taking an individual share of the execution.
• Carry out product specification and qualification work.
• Work with cross-functional colleagues to support the procurement and rollout of advanced training devices.
• Help resolve problems at team level and contribute to improving how planned systems operate.
• Create and maintain documentation for system configurations, processes and procedures.
• Champion Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement within the team.
• Take on other duties the programme needs.
• Some work is internal, within a matrix team that builds procurement strategies and matures training device requirements before procurement.
• Other work may involve managing a sub-contractor's detailed design and build of a training device on the company's behalf.

Requirements

• A relevant degree or equivalent training.
• Strong systems engineering experience, ideally across all elements of the V-model.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering standards and the principles, theories, concepts and techniques behind them.
• Experience writing scopes of work and acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of how Systems of Systems are developed.
• Ability to solve problems in a collaborative setting spanning several disciplines.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools.
• Security clearance already held, or the ability to obtain it.
• A valid driving licence.
• Desirable: experience with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence.
• Desirable: experience working in an Agile, SCRUM or DevOps delivery model.
• Desirable: awareness of NAFv4 and/or TOGAF.
• Desirable: experience of training devices.

Conditions

Based in Winnersh, Wokingham, on a hybrid working pattern.

You must be able to travel up to 25% of the time.

You must be eligible for, and willing to gain, BPSS and SC clearance.

Benefits

• A 37-hour working week with an early finish on Fridays.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• The option to buy or sell up to 5 days of holiday, plus up to 5 paid days of volunteering.
• A 5% company pension contribution, matched by a 6% employee contribution.
• A discretionary annual company bonus.
• Life assurance at 6 times salary, with pension.
• A flexible benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice options, including Health Cashplan, Dental and Cycle to Work.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.