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Principal Systems Engineer

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Basildon
County:Essex
Salary/Rate:Up to £70 per hour
Business Sector:Systems Engineering
Job ref:BBBH153003
Post Date:July 22, 2025

Senior Systems Engineer

  • £70ph (Inside IR35)
  • Basildon (4 days p/w on site)
  • Initial 9 months

HALO (Hostile Artillery Locating System) is a state-of-the-art long-range acoustic weapon locating system designed to meet the increasing threat of electronic warfare based targeting and anti-radar weapon systems countering radar-based weapon locating systems.

We are recruiting for a Senior Systems Engineer to be part of a team supporting our next generation Hostile Artillery Locating System development. Joining during a crucial part of the engineering lifecycle you will lead end-to-end systems engineering efforts, from concept through to deployment. Collaborating across cross-functional teams to support integration and qualification of technical solutions.

What you'll do as a Senior Systems Engineer:

  • Contribute to requirements specification and management for complex, multi-faceted outputs.
  • Participate in systems integration, verification, qualification & validation.
  • Supporting junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence across the organisation.
  • Ensure compliance with Mil Std's, Industry Std's and regulatory requirements.
  • Supporting activities including design reviews and peer reviews.
  • Development of the software security plan.

What you'll bring

  • Knowledge and experience of all stages of the engineering development lifecycle.
  • Proven experience in requirements definition, verification, qualification & validation.
  • Experience in system level testing.
  • CE Marking compliance for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).
  • Experience using IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System).
  • Awareness of Safety, Security and other legislative constraints.
  • Defence industry experience.

It would be nice if you had:

  • Domain experience in an Electronics focussed role.
  • Evidenced experience of developing training manuals for end users.