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Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

Recruit Mint • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
9 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Systems Engineer

Candidates should take the time to read all the elements of this job advert carefully Please make your application promptly.
Work on highly complex communications and network-based technology used within mission-critical environments worldwide.

This is an opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join a business developing advanced RF and integrated systems where reliability, performance, and technical quality are paramount.
As a Systems Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of advanced communications and network-based systems within a highly technical engineering environment. Working across the full product lifecycle, you will help design, develop, and verify integrated system solutions that support critical aviation infrastructure globally.
This role would suit an experienced Systems Engineer with a strong background in RF systems, radio communications, networking technologies, and systems integration. You will be joining a collaborative multidisciplinary team where technical thinking, problem solving, and engineering quality are genuinely valued.
Job Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the full product development lifecycle from requirements capture through to verification and delivery
  • Define and document system level requirements and functional specifications
  • Break down high-level customer and technical requirements into detailed functional use cases
  • Support system architecture development for RF and communications-based products
  • Conduct technical design reviews and provide engineering input throughout development phases
  • Work on integrated system solutions involving radio communications, IP networking, VoIP, and associated technologies
  • Ensure systems comply with relevant industry standards, regulations, and technical requirements
  • Produce detailed technical documentation including system diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures
  • Support verification, validation, and integration activities across hardware and software environments
  • Identify technical risks and support resolution activities throughout projects
  • Contribute to system commonality and compatibility across product ranges
  • Support future product and technology planning activities
  • Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior engineers
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams across systems, software, hardware, and product functions

Skills and Experience
Essential
  • Previous experience working as a Systems Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, or within a similar systems-focused engineering role
  • Degree qualified in a relevant engineering or technical discipline
  • Strong background in radio communications, RF systems, or related communications technologies
  • Good understanding of IP networking technologies
  • Experience working with VoIP systems and network-based communications
  • Strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle
  • Ability to translate requirements into functional system behaviours and use cases
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience producing technical system documentation
  • Understanding of systems integration and verification activities
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain BPSS security clearance

Beneficial
  • Experience with cyber security measures or cyber resilience would be highly beneficial xwwtmva
  • Exposure to hardware design and/or software engineering would be advantageous
  • Knowledge of wider network technologies would be beneficial

Pay and Benefits
  • Salary up to £55,000
  • 37.5-hour working week with flexitime and core hours between 09:3015:00
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Enhanced pension scheme with up to 8% company contribution
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • Buy and sell holiday scheme
  • Liberty Days allowing annual leave requests on the day
  • Long service and retirement awards
  • Subsidised staff canteen
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Flu vaccinations
  • Continuous training and learning opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
  • Free on-site parking

If you are a Systems Engineer looking for a role where you can work on genuinely complex technology with real-world global impact, this opportunity offers the chance to be part of a highly respected engineering environment with long-term career development and technically challenging projects. Apply now.
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