EW Systems Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience delivering Systems Engineering across the engineering lifecycle
• Experience with requirements management using DOORS, Enterprise Architect or similar
• Experience producing Systems Engineering documentation
• Experience in verification, validation and acceptance testing
• Experience engaging technical and operational stakeholders
• Experience with a high-level understanding of Electronic Warfare (EW) principles or exposure to EW-related systems
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including SysML/UML, is highly desirable
• Coding experience in JavaScript or MATLAB/Simulink is highly desirable
• Defence industry experience, particularly within Electronic Warfare (EW), is highly desirable
• Experience working with Electronic Warfare (EW) systems in the Armed Forces is highly beneficial
• We require you to be a UK National and eligible to work in the UK
• You must be eligible to obtain and maintain a UK Government SC-level security clearance

Responsibilities:

• We work embedded with our customer at Porton Down, Salisbury, alongside scientists, engineers and military end users
• We translate operational challenges into robust engineering solutions
• We apply Systems Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering techniques across the full engineering lifecycle
• We capture, elicit and evolve requirements through clear, structured documents and models
• We provide ongoing support through delivery to ensure solutions remain aligned to operational needs
• We collaborate with technical and operational stakeholders, including scientists, mathematicians and physicists, to discuss future development needs in the Electronic Warfare domain
• We support in-field trials across the UK and internationally
• We help deliver current and next-generation technologies that support operational impact

Technologies:

• Architect
• Embedded
• Support
• JavaScript
• Matlab
• Security
• UML

More:

We are MASS, helping solve complex defence and security challenges through systems engineering, software, electronic warfare and operational analysis to deliver mission-critical capability to UK Defence and its partners. This is a permanent, full-time, on-site role based at Porton Down, Salisbury (SP4), working closely with Dstl on a major national defence transformation programme. We offer a salary of £40,000 to £65,000 DOE, 25 days annual leave including up to 3 days for Christmas shut-down, the option to buy or sell up to 5 days leave, an annual wellbeing allowance, two pension schemes, private medical insurance with family discounts, life assurance up to 4x salary, share save, electric/hybrid car leasing, cycle to work, retail discounts, career development support, and a strong wellbeing culture with Mental Health First Aiders, an Employee Assistance Programme and other support services.

last updated 32 week of 2026