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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Chief Systems Engineer - **Company:** Hackajob Ltd - **Location:** Southampton, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £95,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Data Distribution Service, MATLAB, Machine Learning, Software Tools, Sensor Fusion, Simulink, Verification and Validation (Software), Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Model-Driven Development, DOORS (Software), Polarion - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5858151449 ## About the Role * We are looking for a systems thinker with proven leadership and decision-making skills in a high-complexity, dynamic environment at a senior level. * We ideally want someone already in a Chief Systems Engineer role, or a Lead Engineer looking for the next opportunity. * We need experience applying governance and guidance on Systems Engineering LCM processes. * We need experience working in Integrated Project Teams delivering engineering artefacts successfully. * We need experience eliciting stakeholder expectations and creating and defining architectures. * We need experience managing and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. * We need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and respect at different levels. * We need experience of integration, including understanding the resulting issues, cost and schedule implications, and potential mitigations. * We need motivation, tenacity, determination, and a desire to deliver outputs and results. * We strongly value experience with Model Based Systems Engineering tools and methodologies. * We strongly value experience working on large-scale Systems Integration programmes, including managing cost, schedule, and quality implications. * We welcome domain experience in Telecommunications, RF, Electronic Warfare, Electro-Optics, Air/Land/Sea sub-system Platform Integration, Data Distribution Services, Sensor Fusion, or AI/Machine Learning. * We strongly value practitioner-level ability using Model Driven Engineering tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Matlab, Simulink, DOORS (classic), or Polarion. * We are open to candidates who do not have every listed skill, provided they have the right attitude and willingness to learn. * This role is subject to pre-employment screening under BPSS, and may require NSV clearance including SC or DV eligibility. ## Description * We act as the focal point for Systems Engineering governance and ensure our Systems Engineering capability trends positively. * We provide a clear point of contact on Systems Engineering capability for senior engineering leadership. * We provide direction, guidance, and expertise to help our systems engineering team assess the problem completely. * We help our teams reuse techniques and artefacts across the portfolio of projects. * We help our teams manage complexity through strong system architecture. * We help our teams predict and mitigate emergent behaviours at system and integrated systems level. * We ensure our projects create and enact the correct verification and validation strategy. * We influence the development of engineering artefacts, their technical direction, and stakeholder satisfaction. * We work across complex programmes spanning the engineering lifecycle within Airborne Comms and Naval Information, Communication System teams. * We support Lifecycle Management activities and act as a focal point for systems engineering governance. * We coach engineers on Systems Engineering practices across early and later lifecycle stages. * We ensure the appropriate use of concepting, modelling, and simulation to inform architectures and solution options. * We influence whole-life design considerations relating to Safety, Security, Manufacture, Test, Supportability, and Through Life Support. * We support quarterly threat and mitigation reviews across the Business Area. * We represent us within Systems Engineering bodies and groups of interest such as INCOSE. * We identify trends, capture lessons learned, and share them to improve future work. * We promote an agile mindset, experimentation, and a fail-fast culture. * We collaborate with peers across the UK to promote continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering. 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