Systems Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• A degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Proven Systems Engineering experience across the product development lifecycle.
• Experience leading technical teams or acting as a technical authority.
• Knowledge of sensor systems and RF communications.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Current SC Clearance.
• Experience in Electronic Warfare (EA, ES, ECM, ESM or RF Cyber) would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with Software Defined Radios (SDR) would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with FPGA technologies would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with RF systems and antennas would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with open architectures such as SOSA, OpenVPX, MORA, OpenCPI or STICS would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, Waterfall or Spiral delivery methodologies would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with technical risk and RAID management would be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• Lead system design activities across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Develop innovative solutions from concept through to delivery.
• Work closely with customers to understand requirements and shape technical solutions.
• Support bids, research activities and technology development programmes.
• Manage technical risks and ensure projects meet performance, quality and delivery objectives.
• Contribute to equipment trials, integration activities and rapid prototyping where required.
• Act as a System Design Authority and ensure solutions are delivered to the highest technical standards.

Technologies:

• FPGA
• Support
• Security

More:

We are recruiting for an experienced Systems Engineer to work in Hampshire in a hybrid role with 2 days onsite. We offer a salary of up to £60,000 per annum. This is an opportunity to work on complex, cutting-edge defence technology across the full engineering lifecycle, supporting critical defence capabilities and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on innovative projects involving RF communications, sensors, Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) and Electronic Warfare (EW) technologies.

last updated 32 week of 2026