Systems Engineer (Requirements Lead)

Our client, a defence prime, is seeking a Systems Engineer to lead requirements for a series of industry technical competitions. You will turn user and operational needs into measurable requirements, support technical assessment of supplier proposals, and shape verification and validation approaches for demonstrations.

What you will do

• Develop and manage system-level requirements and produce requirements documentation.
• Capture user and operational needs and translate them into measurable technical requirements and an approved baseline.
• Establish requirements traceability and verification methods, including a traceability matrix.
• Support development of technical evaluation criteria and a technical evaluation framework for industry competitions.
• Conduct technical assessment of supplier proposals and concept solutions and produce assessment reports.
• Support technical governance and design review activities.
• Develop verification and validation strategies and plans for demonstrations, and support test and trial planning and assessment of results.
• Engage with customer, research, test and industry stakeholders to ensure requirements are achievable and measurable, giving technical advice and recommendations.

What you will bring

• Current SC clearance
• Qualified Systems Engineer or equivalent defence engineering experience
• Demonstrable systems engineering experience within defence programmes
• Experience of requirements elicitation, development and management
• Experience producing technical requirements and acceptance criteria
• Experience supporting engineering reviews and technical governance activities
• Ability to analyse complex technical problems and develop practical solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams

Nice to have

• Experience within Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) or defence capability development
• Familiarity with systems engineering standards and methodologies, e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288
• Experience using requirements management tools such as DOORS
• Experience supporting trials, experimentation or demonstration programmes
• Understanding of OME and lethality-related capability development
• Knowledge of UAV platforms and their payloads