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Systems Engineer – Defence (RF / DOORS / MATLAB)
📍 New Malden (3 days onsite)
💰 £60–£55 per hour (Outside IR35)
📆 Initial 12-month contract (extension likely)
🔒 SC Clearance required at submission
Overview
We’re working with a leading Defence & Security organisation delivering cutting-edge Naval programmes, and we’re looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to support a key long-term project based in New Malden.
This is a hands-on role focused on requirements, system design, and integration across complex systems. You’ll be working in a highly collaborative engineering environment alongside domain experts and cross-functional teams.
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🔧 Key responsibilities
- Develop and manage system requirements using DOORS
- Define system interfaces to support design and integration across engineering domains
- Support the full engineering lifecycle from requirements through to integration, verification, and validation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile delivery environment
- Ensure compliance with defence engineering standards and best practices
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✅ Key experience required
- Strong background in Systems Engineering within complex environments
- Experience using DOORS for requirement management
- Experience working across the full engineering lifecycle
- Comfortable working in an agile environment
- Active SC Clearance (or recently lapsed and eligible to renew)
If you're an SC-cleared Systems Engineer with strong DOORS and MBSE experience looking for your next contract, apply now or get in touch to learn more.
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