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We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time or fill-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations include Glasgow, Edinburgh, Barrow, Winnersh, London, Bristol, Exeter and Manchester to suit you and our business.

We are looking for Systems Engineers (Engineer/Consultant grades) to join our UK based team; main location is flexible with the majority of work able to be carried out from home, with visits to sites potentially required. You will be joining a small team looking to grow with future business with the client, and will be delivering strategic and technical support to some of the most inspiring/exciting projects and programmes across the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). This role provides a fantastic career opportunity, whilst developing your skills and experiences under the guidance and mentorship within our central systems engineering team.

We require Systems Engineers who enjoy working with wider Project Teams (including multiple disciplines), and who have a commercial understanding as well as knowledge of MoD processes and procedures. You would be working across a range of different activities at various stages of the systems engineering life cycle.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Development and management of system requirements.

• Design process engineering for hardware, software, and mixed technology systems.

• Systems safety engineering, including the analysis of the systems safety requirements.

• Systems integration.

• Systems performance evaluation and its application to verification and validation.

• Through life environmental impact evaluation of complex systems.

• Systems qualification and acceptance.

• Requirements capture, analysis and management.

Here's What You'll Need:

• UK Nationality with the ability to apply for SC clearance.

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a recognised engineering or STEM discipline.

• Experience of Systems Engineering activities in a complex, safety focused and regulated organisation with multiple complex interfaces. Ideally within the UK MoD, AWE, or a similar regulated environment.

• Have a holistic approach to Systems Engineering and general Engineering activities.

• Be able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.

• Be delivery focused with an enthusiasm to make a positive difference.

• Demonstrable experience of change management, rapidly adapting to emerging requirements, changing circumstances and high levels of uncertainty and ambiguity in a fast-changing environment.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join us then please let us know.

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