Mission Planning and Control Systems Engineer

Mission Planning and Control Systems Engineer
Location: Bristol
Salary: £46,000 – £57,000 depending on experience
Working pattern: Hybrid, typically 3–4 days per week onsite
Security Clearance: British Citizenship required. Candidates must be eligible to obtain BPSS clearance.
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Systems Engineer to join a growing team working on complex, advanced defence systems across a range of domestic and international programmes.
You will contribute to the development and delivery of mission planning products, supporting a variety of operational requirements across multiple defence domains.
Working within a collaborative engineering environment, you will engage with teams across different locations and disciplines, contributing throughout the engineering lifecycle from requirements definition and design development through to system proving and certification.
The role will also provide opportunities to work with international engineering teams and external industry and government partners.
Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to systems engineering activities across the product lifecycle.
• Support requirements definition, capture, management and traceability.
• Assist with the development of system designs and technical solutions.
• Contribute to system proving, verification and certification activities.
• Maintain configuration management processes and associated technical records.
• Produce technical documentation for internal stakeholders and end users.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external partners.
• Develop an understanding of system architecture and mission planning principles.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Recent experience working in a Systems Engineering role.
• Understanding of systems engineering processes and lifecycle activities.
• Experience using requirements management tools such as DOORS.
• Knowledge of configuration management principles and processes.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Engineering degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Desirable Experience

• Understanding of mission planning principles and associated systems.
• Experience working within complex defence or aerospace engineering environments.
• Exposure to international engineering programmes and multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

• Company bonus of up to £2,500.
• Pension contributions of up to 14% combined employer and employee.
• Paid overtime opportunities.
• Up to 15 additional days of flexible leave.
• Enhanced parental leave provisions.
• Healthcare Cash Plan.
• Subsidised meals and free onsite parking.
• Flexible working arrangements.

Security Clearance: The role requires British Citizenship (including dual UK nationals with British citizenship). Successful candidates will be required to undergo HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks after offer, managed by the employer's Personnel Security Team.
About Electus Recruitment Solutions
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.