Key skills
AgileLeadershipRisk ManagementCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead systems engineering activities across complex Defence programmes, spanning requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, and in-service support
- Define and implement Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs) and associated artefacts for both bid and delivery phases
- Manage engineering inputs to bids and proposals, including solution development, estimation, and technical governance
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams and partner organisations to deliver integrated system solutions
- Ensure alignment with systems engineering standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288) and MOD governance frameworks
- Oversee engineering planning, resource allocation, risk management, and delivery performance across projects
- Engage with senior stakeholders, providing technical leadership, assurance, and decision support across Defence programmes
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced, and high-assurance environments
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, processes, and lifecycle models (e.g. V-model, Agile, hybrid approaches)
- Proven experience delivering complex systems engineering projects within UK Defence environments (e.g. MOD, DE&S, Defence Digital)
- Strong experience managing systems engineering across the full lifecycle, including bid, design, integration, and delivery phases
- Experience leading engineering teams within complex, multi-supplier environments
- Experience contributing to and leading bid activities, including technical solution development and estimation
- Experience in requirements management, system architecture, integration, and verification & validation
- Ability to define and govern engineering processes and ensure quality across deliverables
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288)
- Familiarity with MOD frameworks, governance, and delivery environments [highly desirable]
- Awareness of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, UAF)
Benefits
- free single medical cover
- digital GP services
- enhanced family‑friendly policies
- employee assistance programmes
- reimbursement for professional development
- matched‑funding schemes
- paid volunteering
- charitable contributions