Senior Systems Engineer – Software Systems, Defence
Positiv Cohort Ltd
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Collaborate with defence clients to understand, elicit, and refine operational needs and translate them into clear, actionable system and software requirements
- Develop and manage system, subsystem, and software requirements using industry-standard tools, ensuring traceability and alignment with customer expectations
- Contribute to product line development by informing common architecture and reusable software components that serve multiple customer applications
- Define and implement controlled processes for managing engineering changes, ensuring system integrity and compliance throughout the lifecycle
- Act as the internal customer for specific software components, guiding their development and integration within the broader system architecture
- Shape complex defence systems and drive software development aligned with strategic product line goals
Requirements
- Proven experience in requirements management and derivation, ideally within the defence industry
- Proficiency with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, DOORS NG, Rhapsody, or similar
- Strong understanding of functional design and ability to flow requirements through system, subsystem, and equipment levels
- Excellent communication skills to translate complex technical concepts into clear, customer-friendly language
- Demonstrated ability in engineering change control and configuration management
- Experience initiating and conducting trade studies and system development activities
- Background in developing complex systems, preferably in a defence or aerospace environment
- Ability to communicate architectures and technical ideas effectively across all levels of stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
- Experience working with product lines and modular system architectures is highly desirable
Benefits
- Competitive Rates Outside IR-35
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
requirements managementsystems engineeringfunctional designengineering change controlconfiguration managementtrade studiessystem developmentmodular system architecturesoftware developmentsystem integration
Soft skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementinterpersonal skillsability to translate technical conceptsguiding developmentcollaborationcustomer-focusedproblem-solvingadaptabilityteamwork