Systems Engineer

The Systems Engineer at SeeByte is responsible for supporting the design, integration, and validation of complex systems across projects. The role focuses on translating requirements into system-level solutions, ensuring components work together effectively, and supporting testing and implementation activities. Working closely with engineers and stakeholders, the Systems Engineer contributes to system definition, issue resolution, and alignment across technical areas. The role plays an important part in ensuring systems are delivered reliably, meet defined requirements, and support consistent, high-quality engineering outcomes.

Behavioural Skills:

Collaboration

• Shares accurate, task-relevant knowledge to support immediate delivery and handovers.
• Questions requirements, assumptions, or risks respectfully, even when views differ.
• Coordinates own deliverables with other functions to meet agreed inputs, outputs, and timelines.

Solution Building

• Applies structured thinking to solve well-defined problems, generating practical options within known constraints.
• Understands how own work fits within a wider process or system and considers downstream impacts.
• Designs or contributes to solutions that are practical to implement within existing tools, processes, and constraints.

Delivering Results

• Works towards clearly defined goals, understanding what success looks like and the standards required.
• Takes responsibility for completing work as agreed and addresses issues that affect delivery.
• Prioritises own tasks effectively and completes work to agreed standards, following tasks through to closure., * Works within defined system boundaries and integrates components using established interfaces with guidance.
• Applies defined architectural patterns and considers basic trade-offs when designing components or services.
• Maps defined system requirements to technical solutions with guidance.
• Identifies known failure modes and follows established practices to manage or mitigate them.
• Applies defined change and versioning practices to system components with guidance.

Technical Authoring

• Produces documentation for a stated audience and purpose using provided guidance or templates.
• Structures documentation using defined formats, headings, and terminology with guidance.
• Documents technical content accurately for defined scope and level of detail with guidance.
• Updates documentation in response to defined changes and follows versioning or update practices with guidance.
• Uses defined templates, standards, or shared content appropriately with guidance.

You will stand out if you have:

• Strong interpersonal skills allowing for engagement with multi-functional teams.
• You think systematically and communicate with clarity and purpose.
• You are proactive in identifying gaps and resolving ambiguity.

Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the definition, management, and traceability of system requirements across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Accountable for the planning and execution support of system integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Accountable for supporting successful project delivery through effective technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Accountable for identifying and managing technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies affecting project delivery.

At SeeByte we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and are committed to employee wellbeing. If you have any accessibility requirements or adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, please do let us know.

Because of the nature of the work associated with this post it is subject to special nationality rules, and this post is restricted to individuals who are UK British Nationals. For this role, due to government security requirement, the term ‘UK Nationals’ must exclude anyone who is a dual national or naturalised British (i.e originally a foreign national).

Do you have experience in Systems engineering?

SeeByte, the global market leader in the development of smart software for uncrewed maritime systems, are looking to recruit a Systems Engineer, still at the earlier stages of their career, to join the Edinburgh team (60% of time in office).

You will have a unique opportunity to play a significant role in a dynamic and world-respected technology company within the exciting field of robotics, with clear development, training and career progression opportunities provided. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for an innovative and forward-thinking company with an international client base., All offers of employment will be conditional to a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) process and may requre further SC (SC) once employed. To be eligible for for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance - GOV.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/sc-guidance-pack-for-applicants