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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Architect - **Company:** Expleo - **Location:** Crawley, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Software Design Documents, Requirements Management, Scaled Agile Framework, Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2830497553-systems-architect ## About the Role This is a highly collaborative and customer-facing position, suited to an experienced Systems Architect who is comfortable operating in a complex engineering environment and influencing technical decisions., * Degree qualified in an Engineering or Scientific discipline. * Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills. * Ability to operate confidently with customers and senior technical stakeholders. * Familiarity with Uncrewed Autonomous Air Systems and associated domain concepts. * Strong understanding of requirements management, system performance and interfaces. * Operational concepts and operational analysis. * Systems technical strategy. * Co-engineering and collaborative engineering approaches. * Lean Thinking and Obeya methodologies. * Systems thinking and stakeholder analysis. * Concept, design, experimentation and simulation tools. * Systems modelling tools and frameworks. * Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification (IVVQ) * Iterative and Agile engineering methodologies. * Systems engineering lifecycle processes., You'll be a confident and credible engineering professional who can operate effectively between the technical teams and the customer., * Proactive, responsible and self-motivated. * Confident and persuasive when presenting technical solutions. * Comfortable challenging and influencing technical decisions. * Customer-focused with excellent communication and relationship-building skills. * Able to take ownership of complex technical problems. * Comfortable working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary engineering environment. * Able to understand the wider programme context and make informed architectural decisions. * Significant professional experience in Systems Engineering and/or Systems Architecture. * Proven experience developing and defining architectures for complex systems and/or subsystems. * Experience working in a customer-facing engineering environment. * Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams. ## Description This is a permanent opportunity to work as part of an established Expleo team supporting a major customer programme within the defence and aerospace sector, with a particular focus on Uncrewed Autonomous Air Systems. The successful candidate will play a key role in defining and developing system and subsystem architectures, working closely with the customer and multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver technically robust solutions. You will be responsible for balancing stakeholder expectations, technical requirements, cost, risk and programme schedule, while supporting the solution throughout the engineering lifecycle., * Define and recommend candidate architectures for systems and/or subsystems to satisfy stakeholder expectations. * Establish solution architectures by balancing stakeholder needs with technical and technological solutions, cost, risk and schedule. * Produce and maintain key architecture and engineering artefacts, including: + Architecture Justification and Design Justification Files. + Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) + System and Segment Design Documents. * Review and approve lower-level specifications developed internally or by external suppliers. * Support the solution development lifecycle and contribute to defining effective co-engineering approaches. * Manage the allocation of requirements to the appropriate level throughout the project lifecycle. * Lead the management and evaluation of system performance and critical parameters. * Define and manage system interfaces. * Support technical negotiations between internal and external stakeholders, including the customer and suppliers. * Contribute to systems integration, verification, validation and qualification activities. * Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary engineering teams using iterative and Agile approaches where appropriate. * Support operational analysis and the development of operational concepts. * Apply systems thinking to understand and balance technical, programme and stakeholder considerations. * Work directly with the customer to understand requirements, communicate technical solutions and influence architectural decisions. ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [10M Data Records Lost, Underwater Computing, and Psychedelic Fish - Matthias Geniar](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1908-10m-data-records-lost-underwater-computing-and-psychedelic-fish-matthias-geniar) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Automated Driving - Why is it so hard to introduce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/628-automated-driving-why-is-it-so-hard-to-introduce) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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