Principal Systems Engineer

Principal Consultant – Systems and Supportability Engineering

Location: Bristol – Hybrid role

Salary: £70K-£80K plus bonus, pension, medical and many benefits

Our client provides science and technology consultancy expertise to help solve the most complex challenges faced by mission‑critical defence programmes.

Their defence practice works in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors on developing and leveraging next‑generation technologies, enterprise transformation, feasibility analysis, system engineering, and programme delivery across S&T, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint, and defence digital projects.

The Systems team manage requirements at all stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, including elicitation of capability/user requirements, generation/management of system requirements, testing and acceptance.

Responsibilities

What we\’re looking for re role of Principal Systems Engineer

The right applicant for this role will be someone who has a consultancy or Defence background, with the ability to work autonomously or within engineering and cross‑functional teams. As a Principal Consultant you will be responsible for:

• Team leadership: Motivating, coaching and managing the performance of team members. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co‑ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues.
• Capability Development: Developing and maintaining systems engineering service offerings aligned to account demand signal and collaborating with other departments to ensure services are coherent across the business. As a Principal Consultant your focus will be developing:
  • Requirements Engineering and Management across all DLoDS
  • System and System of Systems Architecture
  • MBSE
  • Integrated Logistics/Product Support
  • Engineering Management
  • Engineering Governance
• Training and Development: Coaching people on the use of Systems Engineering and ILS tools and techniques. Staying at the forefront of profession, they encourage career development through attendance to conferences, steering committees and tailored training and development as and when required.
• Business Development: Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all our customers.
• Technical Assurance: Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers\’ expectations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will be someone with firm understanding of requirements management across all Defence Lines of Development, with experience across Operating Domains. You should have a positive, flexible and self‑motivated attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team. You will have experience in:

• Delivering Requirements Engineering, Integrated Logistical Support, MBSE, and Engineering Governance in a consultancy context.
• Experience of requirements management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents).
• Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.).
• Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
• Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
• Understanding of complex system of system projects and programmes, especially with respect to integration activities and SoS performance setting and acceptance.
• Capability Development of new tools and techniques.
• Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers\’ expectations.
• Leading teams in a consultancy setting.
• Working within public sector with knowledge of government processes.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.

Candidate Requirements

If you are interested in applying for this role, candidates must have:

• Either hold a current SC or DV clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company.
• To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years\’ UK residency.
• Degree level qualification or relevant experience.
• Significant experience as a Systems Engineer in MOD or defence‑related projects.
• An Engineering Chartership or equivalent relevant to the role.

Keywords- Systems Engineer, Systems Engineering, Defence, Government, Requirements Management, ILS, MBSE, Consultancy, DOORS, Frontline Commands, ASTRID Frameworks, Aurora, URD, SRD, CONEMP,CONUSE, ITEAP, systems Architecture, Engineering Governance.