Systems Engineer

Amentum is a global leader in engineering project and programme management and solutions integration. Built on strong programme and engineering delivery experience supported by deep specialist capabilities Amentum is a recognised partner across major UK Government and commercial programmes.

People are at the centre of what we do. We offer a competitive package designed to attract and retain addition to standard benefits UK employees receive free single medical cover digital GP services enhanced familyfriendly policies employee assistance programmes and reimbursement for professional development. Our community initiatives include matchedfunding schemes paid volunteering and charitable contributions.

About the Opportunity:

Amentum are offering an exciting opportunity to join our growing team of IT professionals to work on a range of projects for our diverse client portfolio that covers Critical National Infrastructure National Security Defence and Nuclear market sectors. Our team is growing and are we looking for proactive and collaborative professionals of all levels to work within us in providing a range of services to our clients. With our deep technical commercial and strategic expertise we develop solutions that address our clients critical challenges supporting digitalisation and security.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer with experience of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) in a Defence or complex engineering environment to support the development of IT and communication systems across the full engineering lifecycle. You will play a key role in shaping complex Defence systems from concept through to design and delivery ensuring robust coherent solutions that underpin mission-critical capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Elicit analyse and manage stakeholder and system requirements ensuring traceability across the lifecycle.

• Develop system architectures and design artefacts including functional logical and physical views.

• Support decomposition of requirements from system to subsystem and component levels.

• Contribute to the development of interface definitions and integration considerations across systems.

• Collaborate with architects developers and integration teams to ensure coherent and feasible system designs.

• Support verification and validation planning ensuring requirements are testable and aligned to acceptance criteria.

• Contribute to systems engineering documentation and governance artefacts in line with MOD and industry standards.

Heres What Youll Need:

• Degree qualified in Systems Engineering Engineering Computer Science or related discipline (or equivalent experience).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Good communication skills able to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.

• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams on complex programmes.

Experience:

• Proven experience as a Systems Engineer within Defence or complex system environments with a strong understanding of systems engineering principles (i.e. MBSE) and lifecycle models (e.g. V-model Agile hybrid approaches).

• Experience working across the systems engineering lifecycle with a focus on requirements architecture and design phases.

• Experience in requirements engineering including elicitation analysis and management.

• Ability to develop system architecture artefacts and design documentation with an understanding of system integration concepts interfaces and dependencies.

• Experience supporting integration and V&V activities with an understanding of how designs translate into testable systems.

Standards & Frameworks:

• Familiarity with systems engineering standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288).

• Awareness of MOD frameworks and governance environments.

• Understanding of requirements management and modelling tools (e.g. DOORS SparxEA.

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 are more connected and if we are diverse were 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 youre pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1