Systems Engineer (System Design Specialist) in Hampshire

We are in search of a Systems Engineer for our Leidos engineering capability. The successful Systems Engineer will have a full understanding of the principles of systems engineering and prior experience as a Systems Engineer involving integrating software products from suppliers.

Using your experience in Systems Engineering, you will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute Systems Engineering activities across the full lifecycle, with a focus on the low level system design.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Lead the design of sub-systems, ensuring all components function cohesively to meet specified requirements.
• Liaise with stakeholders (both technical and non-technical) to gather, analyse, and refine system requirements.
• Support the definition and design of interfaces.
• Create and maintain detailed system design documentation, including specifications, diagrams, and interface definitions.
• Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments to determine optimal system design solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of hardware, software, and network components.
• Support the validation and verification of system designs.
• Identify opportunities for system improvements and drive the implementation of best practices in design and integration.
• Support project planning and estimation activities related to systems design and integration tasks.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards, safety regulations, and quality assurance processes.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in system design within a relevant industry.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering methodologies, lifecycle management, and design principles.
• Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with ArchiMate and TOGAF.
• Background in cybersecurity and/or cloud systems.
• Knowledge of secure by design guidelines.
• Knowledge of JSP 465.

Location: Farnborough, UK (Hybrid working – on‑site presence required as dictated by programme and customer engagement).

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.