Systems Team Lead

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This is a critical role responsible for developing, maintaining, and assuring integrated project and programme schedules, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams, dependencies, and stakeholders.

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Role Summary

The Systems Team Lead is responsible for owning and governing the end-to-end verification and validation (V&V) strategy for the systems engineering function. The role ensures that all system-level requirements, interfaces, behaviours, and performance characteristics are validated through robust testing and evidence-based assurance activities.

Acting as the authority for test readiness, coverage, traceability, and system maturity, the Systems Team Lead works across engineering disciplines to ensure programmes deliver compliant, reliable, and fully validated systems. The role provides leadership, governance, and oversight of testing activities from planning through to final acceptance and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Verification & Validation Strategy

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the system-level verification and validation strategy.

Define verification methods, acceptance criteria, compliance requirements, and evidence collection processes.Ensure verification and validation activities align with programme objectives, customer requirements, and regulatory standards.Establish governance for test planning, execution, reporting, and approval activities.

Test Planning & Management

• Lead the development of comprehensive test plans, test specifications, and test cases.

Define integration, functional, performance, environmental, safety, and acceptance testing approaches.Coordinate testing activities across multiple engineering teams and programme workstreams.Ensure test schedules align with programme milestones and delivery commitments.

Integration & Test Execution

• Oversee the execution of system integration and validation activities.

Coordinate engineering, software, hardware, and integration teams to support successful test delivery.Ensure testing is conducted in controlled environments using approved processes and methodologies.Manage test readiness reviews and provide approval for progression through key programme gates.

Defect & Issue Management

• Lead defect identification, investigation, prioritisation, and resolution activities.

Facilitate collaboration between engineering teams to resolve technical issues efficiently.Monitor defect trends and drive corrective actions to improve overall product quality.Ensure critical defects are managed appropriately and closed within agreed timescales.

Requirements Traceability & Compliance

• Maintain complete traceability between requirements, test cases, test results, and supporting evidence.

Ensure compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations.Support audits, reviews, and quality assurance assessments.Maintain accurate verification compliance matrices and evidence repositories.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Provide clear and accurate reporting on test progress, defect status, risks, coverage, and system readiness.

Present programme readiness assessments to senior leadership and governance boards.Communicate technical risks, testing constraints, and mitigation plans to key stakeholders.Act as the primary point of contact for system test and validation matters.

Test Environment & Capability Management

• Ensure test environments, integration rigs, laboratories, tools, and instrumentation are available and fit for purpose.

Manage the planning and utilisation of testing resources and facilities.Support investment planning for future testing capabilities and infrastructure.Champion best practices in test automation, test data management, and validation methodologies.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing, validation, and assurance activities.

Promote the adoption of automation, standardisation, and efficiency improvements.Capture lessons learned from programmes and implement improvements across future projects.Support the development of testing competencies and capability within the engineering organisation.

Key Stakeholders

• Systems Engineering Teams

Software Engineering TeamsHardware Engineering TeamsIntegration & Validation TeamsQuality Assurance TeamsProgramme ManagersProject ManagersChief EngineersTechnical AuthoritiesCustomers and Regulatory Bodies

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience leading system verification, validation, integration, or testing activities within a complex engineering environment.

Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management.Experience developing and executing verification and validation strategies.Knowledge of requirements management and traceability processes.Experience managing test programmes, defect resolution, and technical risk.Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.Ability to interpret technical requirements and translate them into robust test plans and acceptance criteria.

Desirable

• Experience within highly regulated industries such as Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Automotive, Energy, or Maritime.

Knowledge of systems engineering frameworks and standards.Experience with requirements and test management tools.Understanding of test automation and continuous integration methodologies.Relevant engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification.Professional accreditation or systems engineering certification.

Key Deliverables

• Verification & Validation Strategy

Test Plans and Test SpecificationsVerification Compliance MatrixRequirements Traceability ReportsTest Readiness ReviewsDefect and Issue Management ReportsSystem Maturity AssessmentsTest Evidence RepositoriesProgramme Readiness ReportsLessons Learned and Improvement Plans

Success Measures

• High levels of test coverage across all system requirements.

Complete and auditable traceability from requirements to verification evidence.Timely identification, prioritisation, and closure of defects.Accurate and trusted reporting of system readiness and programme status.Successful achievement of test milestones and acceptance criteria.Reduction in late-stage integration and deployment issues.Improved efficiency through adoption of testing best practices and automation.Strong stakeholder confidence in system quality and readiness.

Reporting Line

Reports to: Head of Systems Engineering / Chief Engineer / Engineering Manager

Works Closely With:

• Systems Engineering Leads

Software & Hardware Engineering ManagersIntegration & Validation LeadsQuality Assurance TeamsProgramme ManagementTechnical AuthoritiesCustomer Representatives

Typical Level: Senior Engineer / Team Lead / Engineering Manager depending on organisational structure.

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