System Engineer

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• Salary: Up to £57,000 depending on experience
• Annual bonus: Up to £2,500 based on company performance
• Pension scheme: Up to 14% combined employer and employee contributions
• Paid overtime opportunities
• Flexi-leave: Up to 15 additional days off
• Flexible working options
• Enhanced parental leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal care, and fertility support
• Working model: Hybrid (2–3 days per week on-site due to project requirements)

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary systems point of contact for Export New Business efforts
• Provide systems engineering support for bid activity, technical queries, and proposal development
• Generate and review system cost estimates to support bids, coordinating with stakeholders
• Forecast and communicate systems resource needs to meet changing demands
• Maintain regular communication with key team leads and stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve integration between systems and business development functions
• Own and maintain the Sea Ceptor Generic Documentation Suite (GDS), ensuring accuracy and consistency across programmes
• Coordinate technical governance and monthly engineering reviews
• Support the development of generic and programme-specific Statements of Work (SoW) for export contracts
• Manage and align the systems cost base with programme requirements
• Monitor upcoming workload forecasts, identifying gaps or overcapacity
• Represent the team in technical meetings, including with external partners
• Collaborate closely with domestic new business functions to ensure unified strategic delivery
• Option to lead a specific programme during the delivery phase
• Support other systems activities as needed across current programmes

What We’re Looking For:

• A collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Experience with or knowledge of the bid lifecycle
• Able to manage multiple programmes simultaneously and respond effectively to changing priorities
• Strong delivery mindset, with the flexibility to adapt to shifting requirements
• Solid understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle
• Familiarity with tools such as IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) and DOORS is desirable

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