Principal Systems Engineer

5 days ago


Southampton, United Kingdom CBSbutler Full time

Principal Systems Engineer



  • 12 month contract
  • Bristol / Southampton / Basildon (regular WFH available)
  • £65ph - £75ph (Inside IR35)



** Please note we can only consider sole UK Nationals (no dual nationalities)**



We are looking for skilled individuals to join the Systems Engineering Function to work on a large-scale Electronic Counter-Measures (ECM) programme. We are seeking systems engineers to work across the entire system lifecycle.



This is an exciting opportunity to work at the start of a project through concept to delivery. As a member of our team, you will have the ability to contribute to the requirements capture at system level, flow down of requirements to sub-systems and manage key stakeholders.



Candidates with a broad range of Systems Engineering Lifecycle expertise working in the Defence industry, coupled with Electronic Warfare and/or Countermeasures domain knowledge should apply.



Key responsibilities - Principal Systems Engineer




  • Work alongside internal stakeholders to understand user needs and requirements with which to define and influence system requirements and designs, ensuring traceability for design compliance and acceptance.
  • Develop and run test strategies to demonstrate design and implementation compliance, ensuring end-to-end traceability to achieve certification.
  • Support system integration, verification, and validation activities to test and analyse performance and effectiveness.
  • Develop and deliver engineering specifications, reports and presentations.




Your Skills and Experience - Principal Systems Engineer




  • A solid foundation in a relevant technical domain exploited in an EW systems context/application.
  • High proficiency in requirements generation and management using IBM DOORS.
  • Experience of authoring detailed design artefacts in support of requirements specifications.
  • Good understanding of design compliance and acceptance criteria relating to requirements and architecture progressive verification and validation at varying stages of maturity.
  • Strong understanding of systems engineering principles across the development lifecycle.



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