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Systems Engineering Lead

Systems Engineering Lead 6 month contract Based in Bristol Offering £70ph Inside IR35 Do you have experience across the systems engineering/product development lifecycle? Do you have experience in functional design and…

Pay rate £70/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 7 July 2026

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Systems Engineering Lead

6 month contract

Based in Bristol

Offering £70ph Inside IR35

Do you have experience across the systems engineering/product development lifecycle?

Do you have experience in functional design and development?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answers are yes to these, then this could be the role for you!

As the Systems Engineering Lead, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry!

You will be involved in:

Provide day-to-day management, direction, and technical leadership (including activity tracking and project reporting) of the multi-functional Common Architecture Team (CAT)
Lead the capture, derivation, and refinement of subsystem requirements for the Command & Control subsystem
Work collaboratively with the CAT to deliver the Command & Control sub-system functional architecture
Identify and capture functional risks, opportunities, issues, assumptions, and their associated mitigation strategies

Your skillset may include:

Product development/systems thinking mindset
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Experience across the systems engineering/product development lifecycle, with an emphasis on successful project delivery
Experience in functional design and development
Practical knowledge and experience of system engineering processes and tools (e.g. IBM Rhapsody, IBM DOORS, IBM Engineering Workflow Management)
Experience designing complex systems in a defence or other highly regulated environment
Experience working in or leading a cross-functional engineering team

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Systems Engineering Lead

6 month contract

Based in Bristol

Offering £70ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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