Systems Engineer Consultant – Defence, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint S&T and Defence Digital Projects

Location - Bristol

Salary: £40K-£75K depending on level of experience, plus pension, medical, bonus and many benefits

Our client provides science and technology consultancy expertise to help solve the most complex challenges faced by mission-critical defence programmes.

Their defence practice works in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors on developing and leveraging next-generation technologies, enterprise transformation, feasibility analysis, system engineering, and programme delivery across S&T, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint, and defence digital projects.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise role of Systems Engineer:

We’re looking for driven, adaptable professionals with a background in consultancy or defence—people who thrive in both independent roles and collaborative, cross-functional teams. If you're passionate about solving complex problems and shaping the future of defence systems, we want to hear from you.

As a Systems Engineer, you’ll bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience. Ideally, you will have:

• Experience of requirements management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents),
• Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
• Comprehension of Defence Lines of Development, and how they can drive requirements,
• Knowledge of operational environments, including understanding the challenges and impacts of the following: geography, climate, media and information, population, urbanisation or cyber.
• Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
• Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.

This is a customer facing role, travel required to customer sites

Key Responsibilities – Systems Engineer:

As a Systems Engineer you will play a pivotal role in MOD programme across the CADMID cycle and in a number of domains, providing expert consultation to design, develop, and integrate complex systems and technologies.

We are looking for Systems Engineers with broad expertise as well as a specialism in one or more disciplines, including:

System Design and Architecture

Requirements Engineering and Management

Stakeholder Collaboration System of Systems (SoS) Integration and Testing

Risk Management

Regulatory Compliance

Technology Evaluation

Documentation and Reporting

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Systems Engineer – Defence