systems design engineer jobs in Somerset

You will be part of a close-knit, hardworking, and highly motivated team striving to develop one of the world's most advanced Seeker and Missile technologies.

You will play a crucial role in this innovative development, witnessing the impact of your dedication and effort as the product is effectively deployed for use by the armed forces.

You will be working as a Principal Systems Engineer within our close-knit multi-function radar team of inter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio of existing and brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats. Join us and help shape the future of Radar technology!

Job Description Principal Systems Engineer The Role: As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external...

You will take ownership of technical requirements, support system design activities, and ensure effective verification and validation of delivered solutions, while considering through-life support and cost. Key Responsibilities

Satellite Electrical Power Systems Engineer (NewSpace) Location: Reading, Berkshire Employment Type: Full-Time | On-Site Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits + Relocation Support Are you an Electrical Power Systems specialist passionate about defining power architectures for next-generation satellite platforms operating at the edge of what’s possible? On offer is the opportunity to join a...

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with deep experience delivering requirements-based testing, IVVQ campaigns, and end-to-end trials across complex, safety- and mission-critical defence systems. You’ll lead laboratory, rig, field, and sea trials, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance, certification, and airworthiness objectives are met across development cycles. This...

Principal Machine Learning Engineer – Production Systems Overview SoftInWay UK Ltd. Is seeking a highly experienced ML Systems Architect to design and implement a scalable, production-grade architecture for our machine learning solver. This role bridges research prototypes and commercial deployment, ensuring reliability, maintainability, and performance in a mixed technology...

Opportunity: Copello is partnering with a Defence client to recruit a Principal Control Systems Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will use your expertise in PLC and SCADA systems to design, develop, and support advanced control and HCI solutions for naval platform management systems. This is your chance to work on high integrity systems in a secure, highly regulated defence...

You will be the technical architect for control strategies, moving beyond simple PID loops to implement robust, high-performance control laws capable of operating in demanding environments and high-dynamic manoeuvres. What will be your responsibilities:

You will lead teams that use Systems thinking to analyse, assess and develop ways to mitigate safety, environmental and cyber threats across Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology markets.

You will have the opportunity to work for leading global consultancy who work across a wide variety of projects with a top reputation for their design and engineering expertise.

Job Description Bristol The Sea Ceptor Weapon Systems team is expanding and seeks a Systems Engineer to deliver certification & verification activities to support multiple customers. Salary: Up to £57,000 Depending on Experience Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British...

Job Description Job Title: Engineering Manager – Electrical Systems Location: Barrow-in-Furness / Filton – (Hybrid -2 days a fortnight (Barrow), 1 day a week(Filton) dependent on business needs, also a requirement to visit other sites in the UK on a regular basis) Salary: Up to Up to £61,967 (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Leading & managing an engineering team to...

You will have experience in functional design and/or integration to demonstrate your understanding of the challenges of integrating complex systems into a larger / wider system context. This role will involve working with our customer to support system requirements and architecture definition whilst working internally within a multidisciplinary team to develop a product that meets this need.

Job Description Job Title: Engineering Manager – Electrical Systems Location: Barrow-in-Furness / Filton – (Hybrid -2 days a fortnight (Barrow), 1 day a week(Filton) dependent on business needs, also a requirement to visit other sites in the UK on a regular basis) Salary: Up to Up to £61,967 (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Leading & managing an engineering team to...

Job Description Bristol As a Future Products Principal Systems Engineer within the newly formed Future Products department; part of Missile Design UK: Emerging Portfolio & Capability function, you will be assigned to take on a variety of roles in support of MBDA's Vision 2040. Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site due to workload...

You will gain technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: - Network Enabled Weapons - Platform Communications - 6th Generation Aircraft Capabilities - Missile-to-Missile Communications Some Key Accountabilities are: - To bring a technical perspective to System of Systems concepting activities

You will have the opportunity to work across all these different areas to discover your passion in engineering and develop the skills and knowledge needed to excel in your career within EO Seekers & Systems. What we're looking for from you Working towards a degree in a Physics, Engineering, Electronics, Computing or any Applied Science discipline.

Job Description Bristol At MBDA, we are growing our Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) capabilities; consequently, the EW Group are recruiting an EW Systems Engineer who will form a critical part of the team that is developing current and future EW Weapon Systems. Salary: Up to £55,000, depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working pattern : We trust our people to agree, within their teams,...

You will shape how we approach our programmes, considering the needs and expectations of customers, the capability of technology and third party suppliers. Day to day you'll be key in providing education, training and consultancy style, system design support to key programmes, tailored to their needs to ensure maximum benefit is obtained from best practice use.

Job Description Systems Engineer - Undergraduate Placement 2026 Salary: £23,495 Dynamic (Hybrid) Working: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working, but this will depend on project requirements and the need for access to specific site facilities. Security clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions...