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We are looking for an experienced Staff Systems Engineer to join our client - a global electronics manufacturer with an established presence across healthcare, industrial, and life sciences sectors, now investing seriously in growing their Aerospace & Defence capability, with a particular focus on UK MOD customers.
This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor of that growth, helping shape the technical direction, standards, and customer relationships of a business unit that is actively being built out. You won't be inheriting a fully-formed team or process; you'll be helping create it.
The Role
As Staff Systems Engineer, you'll be the primary technical interface between our client and their UK MOD customers. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role (with dotted-line project team leadership) rather than a formal people-management position; you'll be expected to operate with significant autonomy, own technical decision-making for your projects, and act as a trusted technical voice both internally and externally.
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Key responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain high-level system architectures, requirements, and MBSE models
- Lead design trade studies and performance modelling for complex electronic systems
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for customers — building trust and credibility through deep technical competence and clear communication
- Partner with Business Development colleagues in early-stage customer conversations, helping shape and win new opportunities before contracts are even signed
- Lead cross-functional technical teams from concept through to delivery
- Collaborate with manufacturing and supply chain partners to ensure smooth transition from design to production
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Systems Engineering
- 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience, with a genuine track record in electronic product development (analogue, digital, or software)
- Proficiency in MBSE methodologies and tools (e.g. SysML)
- Comfortable working at a hands-on, sub-system/component level (e.g. electronics cabinets, PCB-level assemblies) as well as system architecture level
- UK nationality, or eligibility for UK national security vetting/clearance
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Highly desirable:
- Direct experience with UK MOD customers or programmes
- Experience in electronic warfare, communications, or sensor systems
- Any experience supporting bids, proposals, or early-stage customer/business development conversations
- Based in or willing to relocate to Central Scotland
What will make you stand out
This role suits someone who is as comfortable in a customer meeting as they are in a design review — someone who can translate technical depth into commercial trust.
Why Apply
- Genuine autonomy and influence in shaping a growing business area from an early stage
- Direct customer exposure — you won't be buried three layers removed from the people who use what you build
- Competitive salary and benefits, with flexibility on package for the right candidate
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