Senior Systems Design Engineer

4 weeks ago


Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Yolk Recruitment Ltd Full time

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a leading defence customer to recruit a Senior Systems Design Engineer to join their team in Bristol or Stevenage.

This is a contract role for 12 months, with a competitive hourly rate of up to £75. The role involves designing the architecture and developing technical requirements for a key sub-system.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing support to integration and testing teams in capturing test requirements and plans in DOORS
  • Flowing down system requirements to subsystem requirement specifications
  • Defining and maintaining design justification records providing linkage from system requirements to subsystem requirements
  • Defining algorithms in firmware and software
  • Developing system-level test sequences
  • Liaising with subsystem teams to ensure design proposals take into account existing design constraints
  • Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) - increasingly adopted within the systems engineering domain
  • Supporting safety, security, and reliability aspects of projects
  • Supporting customer working groups as required

The role is predominantly onsite, but there is some flexibility depending on the project.

Key skills and experience required include:

  • Requirements analysis and trade-off studies to flow down requirements to seeker sub-assemblies, firmware, and software
  • Systems engineering experience
  • Exposure to system requirements, developing system architecture models, and configuration control
  • Ability to discuss hardware, firmware, or software design constraints
  • Knowledge of RF is desirable
  • Willingness to learn about the project, tools, and methods
  • Persistence to get the job done
  • Ability to work as part of a fast-paced team


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