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# Senior Engineer - Systems Engineering

- **Company:** GKN
- **Location:** Stoke Gifford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Systems Modeling Language, CodeBeamer
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2856363063-senior-engineer-systems-engineering

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or master's Degree in relevant engineering discipline
 * Experience in systems engineering lifecycle (ISO/IEC 15288, INCOSE) with experience in MBSE (e.g. SysML)
 * Hands-on experience using Codebeamer (or similar tools) for requirements management, traceability, and reporting.
 * Knowledge of requirements elicitation, decomposition, interface management, V&V planning, especially in a technical development environment..
 * Ability to integrate tools (e.g., Codebeamer, modelling environments) into a coherent digital-thread approach.
 * Capable of communication with cross functional engineering teams
 * Has good interpersonal and communication skills and can translate to a variety of audiences. Is confident and able to represent their project(s)/Function/Discipline in internal/external environment., * Framework & Process Development - Proven track record in defining and deploying SE frameworks across programmes, including championing change and mind-set development across teams and disciplines.

## Description

Based at our Global Technology Centre Bristol we are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer with a strong background in Systems Engineering to help shape the future of flight. Our aim is to deploy a modern systems engineering ethos across the broad domains within the portfolio (Software, Controls, Structures, Protoyping, Electrical & Cryogenic systems). Working in advancing technologies developing the key underpinning physics but also the methods, capabilities and evidence to support our prototypes. Reporting to the Principal Research Engineer we want a dynamic and experienced individual to help us:

 * Provide technical support across the full technology engineering lifecycle through using Systems Engineering methods appropriate to our needs.
 * Evolve and grow our capability embedding this into each discipline within the portfolio & beyond to stakeholders and customers
 * Ensure that systems engineering principles are applied consistently across the portfolio of programmes
 * Champion the use of Model Based Enterprise toolsets to better manage technical projects, knowledge and progress.


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