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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Lockheed Martin
- **Location:** Bedford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, MATLAB, Systems Development Life Cycle, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/senior-systems-engineer/52851594

## About the Role

Requisition ID: 1562ERP Eligible?: YesERP amount: 1,800Type: ExemptShift: 1Clearance Prior to Start: BPSSFinal Clearance: SCExperience Level: Experienced ProfessionalFT/PT/Casual: FullTimeDepartment: MFC-LMUK AmpthillBusiness Unit: MFC-LMUK AmpthillAbout the roleWe are urgently seeking to recruit a number of Systems Engineers to be based predominantly on-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices.These roles are to supplement the Engineering Team across various Business Areas of the company, including Special Projects and Platform Systems. Roles driven by Uncrewed Turret activity, which is calling on SME support, requiring backfill into BAs. Demonstrable knowledge and experience required in Systems Engineering, Designing and Integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component. Required skills, qualifications and experienceExperience of systems engineering lifecycle through the life of a large scale systems development programme, ideally in the Command & Control
domain.Experienced of modelling and simulation (Matlab/Simulink).Experience in the Verification and Validation lifecycle.Development of Verification & Acceptance (V&A) of Comms & RF Network Architectures.Change proposal assessment and embodiment.Working understanding of relevant Def-Stan, MIL-STD and industry best practice.Understand nuances of system limitations and behaviours at system level.