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# Functional Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Matchtech
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Salary:** £50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Rhapsody, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Subsystems
- **Published:** May 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gbf0b9b6d110a5f3ca9fa73871372ec6f8

## About the Role

* Proven experience in systems engineering, ideally within a complex or safety-critical environment
 * Strong background in requirements management and derivation
 * Familiarity with industry-standard tools such as DOORS, DOORS NG, or Rhapsody
 * Ability to conduct system studies and trade-off analysis
 * Experience managing engineering change and configuration processes
 * Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly
 * Experience engaging with and managing multiple stakeholders
 * Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams
 * Experience in complex product or system development environments is advantageous

## Description

Matchtech are working with a leading organisation in the defence sector who is expanding its Systems Engineering capability to support the ongoing development and delivery of advanced ground-based defence systems.
This role sits within a growing functional systems team and offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of programmes, supporting both domestic and international customers. You will play a key role in shaping system capability, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, and supporting successful delivery and certification of complex technologies., Depending on project needs, you will contribute across several core systems engineering activities, including:

 * Translating customer requirements into structured system, subsystem, and software requirements
 * Supporting system design activities, including trade studies and technical evaluations
 * Contributing to certification and assurance activities, including evidence gathering and technical investigations
 * Supporting programme delivery through stakeholder engagement and coordination
 * Driving engineering change management and maintaining configuration control
 * Communicating complex system architectures and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
 * Working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to ensure system integrity and performance
 * Contributing to the ongoing development of systems engineering tools, processes, and capability


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