Principal Systems Engineer

In this role, you will lead system integration and verification activity for advanced propulsion systems, ensuring that requirements are fully tested, evidence is captured, and systems are demonstrated to meet the required technical and regulatory standards.

You will work closely with hardware, firmware, software, systems engineering, project teams, suppliers and key stakeholders, helping bring together complex technologies into a fully integrated, verified and compliant system.

This is a role for someone who enjoys technical depth, structured engineering, practical problem‑solving and the challenge of making advanced systems work in the real world.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and shape integration and verification activity across the full lifecycle, including system integration planning, test requirement definition, and project support.
• Review system architectures and define the overall integration strategy, creating and owning the full integration plan.
• Define test requirements, estimate integration activities, support project planning and ensure effort, schedule, and technical dependencies are clearly understood.
• Define instrumentation required for system‑level testing and own the test equipment and instrumentation bill of materials, including support equipment such as harnesses, junction boxes, connectors and other ancillary equipment.
• Work with internal teams and external suppliers to design, source or procure the equipment needed to support successful testing.
• Lead, supervise or directly execute system integration activities alongside hardware, firmware and software teams.
• Capture test data, produce integration reports, manage system integration problem reports and support the resolution of complex technical issues.
• Define how system requirements will be verified, populate and maintain verification data within requirements tools such as IBM DOORS and CAMEO, define and maintain the verification plan, write test procedures and lead test readiness reviews.
• Execute dry runs and formal verification testing, analyse results, produce reports and ensure verification evidence is accurate, complete and traceable.
• Review verification evidence against requirements and agreed means of compliance, ensuring evidence is correctly traced back to the requirements database.
• Support the consolidation of system declaration of performance documentation.
• Ensure work is completed in line with company engineering processes, while also identifying opportunities to improve tools, processes and ways of working.
• Help drive positive change across the integration and verification environment.
• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in systems integration and verification, ideally within motor drive systems and/or aerospace or other highly regulated engineering environments.
• Solid understanding of systems engineering processes and experience working in a configuration‑controlled environment, including problem reports and change requests.
• Experience with requirements definition and management, ideally using IBM DOORS, and model‑based systems engineering tools such as CAMEO.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work through complex technical issues.
• Confidence working autonomously with limited oversight.
• Strong communication skills, ability to work with internal teams, external suppliers and stakeholders.
• Practical project management capability, including managing smaller projects, work packages or technical processes.
• Preferred Knowledge & Skills
• Knowledge of ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO‑160 and DO‑254.
• Experience using system modelling to support early integration.
• Basic knowledge of a modern high‑level programming language.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Curiosity, adaptability and enthusiasm to become multi‑skilled across different engineering areas.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible working, hybrid working and a family‑friendly approach.
• State‑of‑the‑art facilities and laboratories.
• Life insurance, private health insurance and an excellent corporate pension plan with a 2:1 matched contribution up to 10%.
• 25 days annual leave plus the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days.
• Career development and half‑day working on Fridays.
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