Systems Engineer

Permanent, Full Time (Mon-Fri 8:00 – 16:30) Menwith Hill, HG3 2RF Competitive Salary + excellent benefits

Ready to impact a better future? As a Systems Engineer in our Defence – Aviation & Space team, you’ll play a key role in delivering impactful solutions across complex cyber and IT environments, supporting critical national security programmes and customer missions.

In this role, your work has purpose – you’ll contribute to projects that protect, connect, and enable vital services. Working closely with customers and delivery teams, you’ll help shape technical solutions, improve systems, and create positive outcomes that support communities and the future of secure digital infrastructure.

What you’ll do as a Systems Engineer

• Contribute across the full systems engineering lifecycle within cyber and IT environments
• Work closely with customers and delivery teams to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions
• Carry out business analysis, requirements gathering, and stakeholder management activities
• Support project delivery, including planning, risk management, and coordination of work packages
• Build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders to develop technical solutions and approaches
• Elicit, document, and refine architectural and business design requirements

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Proven experience in systems engineering across IT or telecommunications environments
• Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies, with experience in PRINCE2 and/or ITIL
• The ability to solve complex problems, anticipate challenges, and develop innovative solutions
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to work closely with customers and stakeholders

Vetting and checks

UK residency required to attain and maintain a UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity

Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.

For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.