Elicit, analyse, and manage stakeholder and system requirements, ensuring traceability across the lifecycle
Develop system architectures and design artefacts, including functional, logical, and physical views
Support decomposition of requirements from system to subsystem and component levels
Contribute to the development of interface definitions and integration considerations across systems
Collaborate with architects, developers, and integration teams to ensure coherent and feasible system designs
Support verification and validation planning, ensuring requirements are testable and aligned to acceptance criteria
Contribute to systems engineering documentation and governance artefacts in line with MOD and industry standards

Degree qualified in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Good communication skills, able to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
Proven experience as a Systems Engineer within Defence or complex system environments with a strong understanding of systems engineering principles (i.e., MBSE) and lifecycle models (e.g. V-model, Agile, hybrid approaches)
Experience working across the systems engineering lifecycle, with a focus on requirements, architecture, and design phases
Experience in requirements engineering, including elicitation, analysis, and management
Ability to develop system architecture artefacts and design documentation, with an understanding of system integration concepts, interfaces, and dependencies
Experience supporting integration and V&V activities, with an understanding of how designs translate into testable systems
Familiarity with systems engineering standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288)
Awareness of MOD frameworks and governance environments
Understanding of requirements management and modelling tools (e.g. DOORS, SparxEA)

Systems Engineer

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