Systems Engineer – Defence, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint S&T and Defence Digital Projects
Location: Bristol
Salary: £35,000 to £55,000 plus pension, medical, bonus and many benefits
Our client provides science and technology consultancy expertise to help solve the most complex challenges faced by mission-critical defence programmes.
Their defence practice works in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors on developing and leveraging next-generation technologies, enterprise transformation, feasibility analysis, system engineering, and programme delivery across S&T, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint, and defence digital projects.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise role of Systems Engineer:
We’re looking for driven, adaptable professionals with a background in consultancy or defence—people who thrive in both independent roles and collaborative, cross-functional teams. If you're passionate about solving complex problems and shaping the future of defence systems, we want to hear from you.
As a Systems Engineer, you’ll bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience. Ideally, you will have:
- Experience of requirements management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents),
- Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
- Comprehension of Defence Lines of Development, and how they can drive requirements,
- Knowledge of operational environments, including understanding the challenges and impacts of the following: geography, climate, media and information, population, urbanisation or cyber.
- Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
- Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.
This is a customer facing role, travel required to customer sites
Key Responsibilities – Systems Engineer:
As a Systems Engineer you will play a pivotal role in MOD programme across the CADMID cycle and in a number of domains, providing expert consultation to design, develop, and integrate complex systems and technologies.
We are looking for Systems Engineers with broad expertise as well as a specialism in one or more disciplines, including:
- System Design and Architecture
- Requirements Engineering and Management
- Stakeholder Collaboration System of Systems (SoS) Integration and Testing
- Risk Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Technology Evaluation
- Documentation and Reporting
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Systems Engineer – Defence