Systems Engineer

As a Systems Engineer you will join our Peterborough team to support our activities within the off-highway, heavy machinery, and advanced engineering sector. You will play a key role in the development of complex engineering products, supporting programmes from initial concept through to final delivery and validation. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will be responsible for systems engineering activities across the full product lifecycle, ensuring products meet customer, performance, quality, and regulatory requirements. - Location: London - On Site: Full-time on site - Clearance: Clearable - Experience Level: Mid-Senior (5-10 years of experience) Key Responsibilities: - Lead systems engineering activities throughout the entire product development lifecycle - Define, manage, and maintain system requirements from concept through to product delivery - Develop verification and validation (V&V) strategies, plans, and test methodologies - Support system architecture development and requirements decomposition - Collaborate with design, manufacturing, test, and programme teams to ensure successful product integration - Manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, and system-level trade-off decisions - Support design reviews, validation activities, and engineering sign-off processes - Drive problem resolution activities and ensure lessons learned are incorporated into future developments - Ensure products meet customer, business, safety, and regulatory requirements Required Skills: - Strong systems engineering experience within a product development environment - Experience working across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept to delivery - Proven experience in verification and validation (V&V) engineering - Ability to manage and trace requirements throughout development programmes - Experience operating within complex multidisciplinary engineering teams - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills - Experience conducting technical reviews and supporting engineering governance activities - Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities Required Qualifications: - A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience. - Minimum of 5 years' experience in systems engineering, product development, or V&V engineering - Experience within heavy machinery, off-highway vehicles, transportation, aerospace, defence, or similarly complex engineering industries Desirable Skills: - Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Jama, or similar - Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) - Understanding of system integration and product certification activities - Experience working on safety-critical or highly regulated engineering products - Familiarity with engine, powertrain, hydraulics, or vehicle system development