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# Systems Architect

- **Company:** Frontier Resourcing
- **Location:** Bath, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Firmware, Radio-Frequency Identification, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879214376-systems-architect

## About the Role

* Strong background in Systems Engineering / Systems Architecture within defence, aerospace or another high-assurance environment.
 * Experience working with Electronic Warfare, RESM, RF systems or related technologies.
 * Good understanding of RF signal conditioning and hardware/firmware interfaces.
 * Comfortable taking technical ownership and acting as a senior technical authority within a wider engineering organisation.
 * Experience working across international engineering teams and technology transfer would be highly advantageous.
 * Able to work independently while providing credible technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-tech defence organisation in Bristol, working on cutting-edge Electronic Warfare technology within a specialist engineering environment and playing a key role in the development of next generation naval defence capability.

## Description

We are working with a high tech defence organisation in Bristol seeking a Systems Architect to provide technical direction and systems ownership across a specialist Electronic Warfare (EW) programme.

This is a standalone senior technical role, acting as a key technical authority across the programme. You will work closely with an established international engineering team to integrate and adapt technology for UK-developed defence systems, with a particular focus on RESM, RF signal conditioning and associated firmware.

The Role

 * Provide systems architecture across the programme.
 * Act as a key UK technical authority for the hardware and system architecture.
 * Lead the technical approach for EW/RESM systems, including RF signal conditioning and firmware interfaces.
 * Work closely with international engineering teams to transfer and adapt technology into robust UK solutions.
 * Provide technical oversight across system architecture, development, integration and verification.
 * Collaborate with systems, RF, hardware, firmware and wider engineering teams to ensure effective system integration.
 * Support the development and evolution of specialist naval Electronic Warfare / MEWSIC capability.
 * Operate as a senior individual contributor with no direct reports.


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