Principal Systems Engineer

Role : Principal Systems Engineer

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.

Location : Staffordshire (Hybrid)

Job Type : Perm

Sector : Defence, Marine, Systems Engineering, Power Electronics

Our client is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to lead full lifecycle development of advanced power electronics systems. You will manage requirements, architecture and control strategy development, functional design, integration, and verification.

Join a forward-thinking engineering team developing cutting edge power systems including inverters, converters, motor drives, and power distribution solutions. This role focuses on end-to-end systems engineering for high performance platforms used across marine, aerospace, and defence applications.

What You’ll Do :

• Develop and refine system architectures, functional designs, and integration plans.
• Own requirements management from capture through to validation and verification.
• Define system behaviours such as power-on modes, diagnostics, and fail-safes.
• Lead interface definition and ensure seamless system handovers across teams.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders and guide technical decisions.
• Conduct system safety analysis and compliance testing.
• Promote reuse of proven technologies and scalable engineering solutions.

What We’re Looking For :

Benefits :

Please note that candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Eyes Only SC clearance.