Systems Engineering Lead

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world's fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we're eager to hear from you.

We are looking to expand our Systems and Project Engineering capability in all levels of experience and are keen to hear from you if you feel you're ready to take the next step in your career.

You must be a Sole UK National and qualify for Security Clearance.

Job Description

The Systems Engineering Lead will provide technical guidance and oversight for a Systems Engineering team across a variety of projects, supporting products, systems, equipment and facilities. This role may include but is not limited to: providing hands-on coaching, technical oversight and leadership to ensure projects are properly scoped and delivered using sound systems thinking principles, facilitating stakeholder workshops, helping shape pragmatic approaches to complex and real-world infrastructure problems, ensuring the team is delivering clear value through practical execution across the lifecycle of projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to a team of systems engineers, providing coaching and support where required.
• Apply and promote practical systems thinking in across a variety of projects across the project lifecycle
• Ensure project scoping, requirements capture and problem definition are done effectively and collaboratively
• Act as the primary systems engineering interface with the customer for complex projects
• Review and guide the development of technical documentation including requirement sets, interface definitions, V&V plans and logical architectures.
• Support the integration of systems engineering with wider project engineering, design and assurance processes.
• Provide technical support in the systems engineering approach for new and in-service products and systems, ensuring the right tools and methods are deployed and the key principles and processes are understood and adhered to
• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems engineering methods, tools and templates.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline; Master's degree or working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status preferred.
• Typically 5+ years of relevant systems engineering experience in a highly regulated industry (e.g., aerospace, nuclear, maritime, infrastructure, oil and gas etc. ).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including requirements management, system architecture, integration and verification and validation.
• Confident communicator with experience leading meetings and working directly with customers or stakeholders. Ability to engage with senior stakeholders, technical teams and cross-functional groups to align systems engineering practices with business objectives.
• Experience coaching or mentoring junior engineers or team members.
• Experience in applying systems thinking in environments with legacy systems, real-world constraints and evolving problem sets. 
• Experience in defining developing, and maturing systems engineering capabilities. Including tools, processes and methodologies.

Desirable Attributes:

• Exposure to systems engineering frameworks such as INCOSE SE Handbook or relevant Defence Standards
• Experience with Systems Modelling tools (E.g. MBSE, SysML etc.) even at a conceptual or high-level
• Experience with IBM DOORs
• Experience aligning systems engineering with BIM or digital twin frameworks
• Familiarity with asset management, maintenance planning or operational systems support