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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Expleo
- **Location:** Rochester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), MATLAB, Requirements Management, Requirements Traceability, Simulink, Subsystems, Systems Architecture, SC Clearance, Modeling and Simulation, Polarion
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=87e1ae426e85f457

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline, such as:

 * Systems Engineering
 * Electronic Engineering
 * Physics
 * Mathematics

Essential skills:

 * Demonstrable systems engineering experience on complex and/or safety-related systems.
 * Strong experience working at the systems / software boundary.
 * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision within a client organisation.
 * Experience in marine, defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated industries.
 * Proven experience in:
 + Requirements management
 + System design (desirable)
 + Modelling and simulation (desirable)
 * Proficiency with tools such as:
 + DOORS
 + Siemens Polarion
 + Enterprise Architect or equivalent MBSE tools (desirable)
 + MATLAB and/or Simulink (desirable)
 * Strong stakeholder engagement capability, including customer and supplier interaction.

Desired skills:

 * Strong client-facing communication and professional presence.
 * Able to build credibility quickly with client engineers.
 * Proactive, ownership-driven approach to problem solving.
 * Clear, confident communicator able to tailor technical depth to the audience.
 * High levels of professionalism, judgement, and safety awareness.

Experience:

 * Rapidly establishes credibility and trust within the client engineering team.
 * Independently owns and resolves problems without requiring close direction.
 * Delivers pragmatic, system-aware corrective actions that improve programme outcomes.
 * Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and safety awareness.
 * Identifies opportunities to add consultancy value beyond immediate tasking.
 * Trusted by the Engineering Team Lead to represent Expleo independently on site.

What do I need before I apply:

 * Professional behaviour, autonomy, and client credibility are critical to success.
 * Ideally will alrady hold SC Clearance; must be eligible to attain SC if requried.
 * Urgent requirement. Immediate availability preferred.
 * Working pattern is hybrid with 2-3 days required on client site per week. (North Kent / Medway area)

## Description

* Own and resolve Work Package Items end-to-end, from investigation through to corrective action implementation.
 * Conduct system solution reviews, including system decomposition and requirements management.
 * Maintain full requirements traceability across system, sub-system, and software levels.
 * Support system-level design activities for vehicle control subsystems and associated implementation hardware.
 * Apply safety-aware systems engineering principles in line with regulated engineering environments.
 * Provide system-level hardware and interface understanding to ensure coherent designs.
 * Operate professionally on client site, representing Expleo credibly and independently.
 * Support the Programme Engineering Team Lead (ETL) in delivering consultancy-led engineering services.


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