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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Saab
- **Location:** Whiteley, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £72,267
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Requirements Management, Subsystems, Systems Modeling Language, Systems Architecture, Toolchain, UML, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5951522461

## About the Role

Essential:

 * Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Engineering
 * Extensive experience in system related role
 * Knowledge of system engineering principles and requirements capture
 * UML/SysML design methodologies
 * Experience of black-box system design and interface control methodologies and toolchains
 * Experience of requirements management including validation & verification processes
 * Excellent communication, both written and verbal
 * Good attention to detail

## Description

This role is part of our Saab Seaeye business unit in Fareham.

As part of the Systems Engineering team, you will be a technical lead on complex development projects for undersea robotics solutions. The projects will vary from customer-customisation of existing products through to blue-sky R&D of underwater robotics platforms, tooling and equipment. Using your engineering skills and systems engineering knowledge to bridge mechanical, electrical, electronic and software domains to deliver complex products on-time and on-budget.

This role requires a broad spread of engineering knowledge coupled with excellent communication skills, leadership and an eye for the bigger picture whilst supporting the engineering team on the detail.

Owns the technical solutions and system design, Responsible for turning requirements into practical, integrated, deliverable systems., * Lead development of the systems/sub-system architecture and technical solution

 * Translate customer needs into engineering systematic solutions via the use of Requirements Capture, Use-Cases and Systems architecture design.
 * Define system functionality, performance interfaces and behaviours
 * Make technical decisions and manage design compromises
 * Maintain the systems architecture design through complex multi-disciplinary product development teams.
 * Provide cradle-to-grave systems support throughout the entire project lifecycle: from definition and design through to testing and delivery.
 * To proactively manage change throughout the development lifecycle
 * To provide technical representation externally to both customers and sub-contractors
 * Design and development of robust system architectures which encompass electrical, mechanical and software interfaces and interactions.
 * Modelling and simulation as needed to define the scope of an R&D product.