System Design Engineer

Systems Design Engineer

Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience
Hybrid Working: 4-5 days per week on-site
Security Clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK National with British Citizenship

Shape the Future of RF and Low Observability Technologies
Are you a Systems Engineer looking to work at the forefront of innovation? This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team focused on the early lifecycle development of next-generation Radio Frequency (RF) and Low Observability (LO) technologies.
Working within a highly collaborative environment, you'll play a key role in transforming cutting-edge concepts into future defence capabilities, supporting technology maturation from initial ideas through to demonstrable solutions.

The Opportunity
As a Systems Design Engineer, you'll work across a diverse range of advanced technology projects, acting as the bridge between technical specialists, system designers, programme teams, and key stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading early lifecycle investigations to explore future concepts and answer complex "what if" scenarios.
• Supporting technology specialists through trade studies and systems analysis activities.
• Developing system architectures, requirements, and performance assessments at system, subsystem, and equipment levels.
• Supporting verification planning and execution, including trials, evidence gathering, and technical documentation.
• Collaborating with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver technology demonstrations and future capability concepts.
• Working across the full systems engineering lifecycle and V-model.

What We're Looking For
We're interested in candidates with Systems Engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Functional architecture development.
• Requirements capture, development, and management.
• Systems Engineering tools such as DOORS, DOORS Next, or Rhapsody.
• Trade studies and option analysis.
• Requirements conflict resolution and design investigations.
• Working independently on technically complex challenges.
• Delivering engineering outputs within fast-paced project environments.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £55,000 depending on experience.
• Company bonus of up to £2,500.
• Up to 14% combined pension contribution.
• Paid overtime opportunities.
• Up to 15 additional Flexi Leave days.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental, paternity, neonatal, and fertility treatment leave.
• Excellent on-site facilities including subsidised meals and free parking.
• The opportunity to contribute to some of the UK's most advanced defence and technology programmes.

If you're passionate about Systems Engineering and want to help define the next generation of RF and stealth technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
For more information, please contact Neil Tovey at Electus Recruitment Solutions at neil@electusrecruitment.co.uk.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria may also be required to undergo security clearance vetting to SC level.
This is a permanent position.