143 senior systems engineer jobs found

Senior Engineer - Systems - Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) Location: Wimborne Contract: 12‑Month Maternity Cover Start Date: June 2026 Industry: Aerospace / Defence Clearance: Baseline Security Clearance required Restrictions: Must be eligible to live and work in the UK and comply with ITAR restrictions Overview We are seeking a highly capable Senior Systems Engineer to join our aerospace client's Air‑to‑Air Refuelling (AAR) team in Wimborne on a 12‑month maternity cover contract. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer ready to step into a senior role, providing technical leadership, customer-focused engineering support, and hands-on delivery across a broad range of aerospace systems activities. In this role, you will act as the technical bridge between customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, contributing to the full systems lifecycle while supporting the ongoing development of junior engineers and project personnel. Key Responsibilities Project...

Murray McIntosh are seeking a Systems Engineer to work for a key client on an initial 6 month contract as detailed below: Responsibilities and skills: Proven experience working as a systems engineer Familiarity with DOORS NG/DOORS Experience of MBSE, enterprise architecture & SysML advantageous Full systems development lifecycle experience Requirements capture & management experience through to V&V and delivery Experience of electronics or sonar advantageous but not essential Marine/Defence experience advantageousWe are seeking candidates who can commit to 2 - 3 days a week on site but 1 - 2 days can be considered. Those with current SC clearance preferred

Senior Systems Engineer (12 Month Fixed Term Contract) Denham Martin-Baker is the world’s leading manufacturer of ejection and crashworthy seats, saving over 7,805 lives to date. We combine cutting-edge engineering with a clear mission: protecting aircrew around the world. We are now recruiting a Senior Systems Engineer (12 month Fixed Term contract) to join our established Systems Engineering team at our Denham site. The Role: As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead complex analytical engineering activities across the full product lifecycle — from concept and development through to production and verification. You will be responsible for maintaining system requirements, conducting in-depth analyses, supporting system verification, and producing highly technical documentation required for internal, customer, and contractual purposes. You will also play a key role in mentoring Systems Engineers, helping maximise team capability, quality, and productivity while supporting...

Senior Quality Engineer - Internal Audits & Compliance Renfrewshire | Up to £46,000 | 12-Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover) Escape Recruitment is working with a well-established manufacturing organisation operating in a highly regulated environment to recruit a Senior Quality Engineer on a 12-month fixed term contract. This role focuses heavily on internal quality audits, regulatory compliance, and quality management system training, supporting the business to maintain audit readiness and meet regulatory requirements. candidates from Aerospace or Medical other regulated industries will be considered. The Role You will support the Quality Assurance team by managing internal audit programmes and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and company procedures. Key responsibilities include: Managing and coordinating the internal quality audit programme Preparing the site for external regulatory and corporate audits Leading audit preparation and managing...

Electronics Design Engineer - High Voltage (HV Design) - RATE DOE - London - 12-Month Contract We are seeking an experienced Electronics Design Engineer specialising in High Voltage (HV) design to support the development of subsea power transmission equipment used in critical global infrastructure. This role focuses on the design, validation and optimisation of high-voltage electronics capable of generating up to 21kV DC, ensuring long-life reliability and compliance with international safety standards. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute to the development of advanced HV power converters and subsystems, supporting the full hardware lifecycle from concept through to qualification. Key Responsibilities Design and develop high-voltage electronic subsystems for subsea power transmission equipment Assess and resolve HV creepage and clearance requirements in line with IEC (phone number removed) Develop solutions for HV clearance challenges at...

Senior Civil Engineer Location: Cambridge Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits Job Type: Full Time | Permanent A well-established and growing multi-disciplinary consultancy is looking to recruit a Senior Civil Engineer to join their busy Cambridge office. This role will involve delivering professional civil engineering services across a variety of projects, supporting both internal teams and external clients. The position offers the opportunity to work across a broad range of sectors and project types, including building drainage and civil infrastructure works. The successful candidate will play an important role in the delivery of technically sound and commercially successful projects, working as part of a collaborative and experienced engineering team. Due to the nature of some projects, security clearance may be required. The Role The successful candidate will: • Support the commercial and technical delivery of civil engineering projects within a team environment •...

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer Location: Dunton Essex - 4 days minimum mandatory onsite Rate: £67.15ph Umbrella Co Basis (Inside IR35) Employment Type: Contract (31.12.26) Hours: Standard 37.5 Hours Per Week Reference: F56475 The Senior Backend Engineer plays a pivotal role in driving the technical success in our backend teams. This position involves architecting scalable, resilient, and secure backend solutions and overseeing the technical completion of critical development tasks, often in ambiguous situations. The Senior Backend Engineer is responsible for ensuring that backend code and architectural reviews are aligned with organisational goals, facilitating productive technical discussions, and making decisions to resolve complex backend engineering issues effectively. In this role, the Senior Backend Engineer supports the technical direction for backend development, offering guidance to team members and exemplifying technical excellence in backend practices....

Join Our Team as a Senior Cloud IAM Engineer Location: Dublin D18 - Fully onsite Contract Length: 6 months+ Are you ready to take your systems engineering expertise to the next level? If you thrive in an innovative environment and are passionate about technology, we want YOU to be part of our dynamic team! About the Role: As a Systems Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge systems engineering activities. You'll be hands-on in OS technical support, systems programming, and enhancing our data centre capabilities. Your contributions will be crucial in coordinating subsystems design and ensuring hardware compatibility. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate on story refinement and define requirements. Utilize network, virtualization, and data centre technologies for effective deployment strategies. Integrate and control systems in operational environments according to defined acceptance criteria. Work closely with...

Job Title: Rolling Stock Project Engineer - Multi DisciplineLocation: Central London (with UK and occasional international travel) Rate: £475 per day (inside IR35) Contract Duration: Until 31st December 2025 (potential extension) Overview An opportunity has arisen for a Multi-Disciplinary Rolling Stock Project Engineer to join a major urban rail organisation's Fleet Heavy Overhaul Engineering team. The role will support the delivery of safe, compliant, and efficient rolling stock overhaul engineering activities, working across multiple disciplines within a complex rail environment. You will contribute to technical delivery, engineering assurance, and stakeholder coordination across overhaul projects. This position is based in Central London, with occasional travel within the UK and internationally to support project delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead and support engineering activities within rolling stock overhaul programmes. Produce and review technical documentation and...

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Manchester (2 to 3 days a week in office) Contract: 12 month contract Rate: £355 to £445 per day (outside IR35) An established engineering design consultancy is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to support the delivery of projects across regulated clean and wastewater projects in the UK. The Projects you'll be working on Varied projects across the UK water industry, including: Various UMON projects in Sewage Treatment Works Pumped storm storage for CSOs and Sewage Treatment Works Key Responsibilities Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements. Produce design calculations and drawings for the water industry Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates. Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and group standards. Required Qualifications & Experience min 10 years' mechanical design experience in the UK water industry...

Identity Lead - OUTSIDE IR35 About the Role The Senior Identity Security Engineer within the Cyber Engineering & Architecture function, will be responsible for the lifecycle, performance, and strategic direction of the organisation's identity security and identity and access management (IAM) platforms and services, including Privileged Access, to ensure digital identities (employees, contractors, machines) are properly managed, secured, and governed and access to company systems are appropriate protected. This role will have ownership of identity security policies, standards, architectures and technologies to deliver identity services, including oversight of the management and operations of Identity platforms and critical infrastructure (Active Directory & MS Entra). Context Reporting to the Head of Cyber Engineering & Architecture, this role will develop and manage centralised identity controls and services for the organisation, delivering a simple, frictionless and...

Senior RF Engineer Edinburgh 12-month contract Paying up to £80p/h (Inside IR35) The Opportunity Our client is looking for Senior RF Engineers to join a leading defence technology organisation developing cutting-edge radar systems for modern fighter aircraft, as well as advanced maritime and airborne surveillance platforms. Key Responsibilities As an RF/Microwave Engineer, you will: Support the full hardware lifecycle from system concept through design, prototyping, test, verification, integration and production support. Develop high-quality RF PCB and module designs using modern microwave technologies. Create test prototypes to validate and verify designs. Carry out detailed design activities from requirements capture through to verification. Produce and maintain clear technical documentation and reports under configuration management. Prepare manufacturing data packs and support subcontractors and manufacturing teams. Work closely with systems, electronics and test...

Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as a Senior Mechanical HVAC Engineer hybrid onsite in Scotstoun Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum national security? Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for a Senior Mechanical HVAC Engineer to add to their talented, hardworking team in Scotstoun on a 12 month contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same. The package: Senior Mechanical HVAC Engineer Scotstoun - hybrid 1-2 days per week UMB £40.64 per hour inside IR35 Initially 12 months likely to extend The role The Senior HVAC Engineer will lead the design, integration, and technical assurance of numerous HVAC systems across a complex marine platform. Duties * Preparing specifications and developing HVAC system designs in accordance with...

Job Description Critical Environment Field Service Engineer - 3 month rolling contract - Hybrid working - INSIDE IR35 - No Sponsorship Available Responsibilities Data Centre Operations: Ensures compliance with data centre business units and service-level policies Engages with appropriate teams and resources to execute tasks or projects.     Manages programs associated with area of responsibility. Follows and adheres to safety and security policies and procedures. Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns. Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process as appropriate. Lead or participate in incident response activities for critical infrastructure failures, ensuring minimal downtime and effective recovery processes. Proactively identify potential risks or vulnerabilities in the critical environment and implement strategies for mitigation. Manage relationships with external vendors for equipment maintenance, repairs, and emergency services. Help support and...

Senior Mechanical Engineer x 2 Inside IR35 12 months £53.90 per hour 2 days per fortnight on site (Lakes) As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the design and development of submarine systems. This includes system-level design, technical responsibility, supplier engagement, and the opportunity to steer design architecture across a major submarine programme. Lead design activities of Hydraulic / Mechanical systems, sub-systems and equipment for the next generation Royal Navy submarines. Undertake functional design activities, modelling and analysis. Produce design documentation, Verification & Validation evidence and safety justifications. Support specification qualification and procurement of components, working collaboratively with suppliers. Engaging with stakeholders across the cross-functional project team. Driving engineering governance through peer reviews and design reviews. Your skills and experiences: Essential: Strong experience...

Critical Environment Field Service Engineer Pay Rate: £60.00 Per Hour Working Conditions Monday-Friday, core hours between 7 AM and 7 PM. Onsite presence required at the datacenter at least two days per week. Supplier‑provided Windows 11‑compatible laptop required. We are seeking a highly skilled Critical Environment Field Service Engineer to support and maintain high‑availability datacentre operations. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer with strong mechanical/electrical expertise and a passion for delivering safe, secure, and reliable critical infrastructure services. You will play a key role in ensuring operational continuity, driving incident response, supporting service delivery, and maintaining compliance across complex datacentre environments. Responsibilities: Data Centre Operations: Ensure full compliance with datacenter policies, safety standards, and service‑level expectations. Execute tasks and projects in collaboration with cross‑functional technical...

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading consultancy for an experienced Senior Project Engineer / Design Manager to join a long-term programme at a major UK Airport. This is a fantastic opportunity for an established design professional with strong airfields experience-particularly in runway and pavement design-to play a central role in a complex and high-profile aviation environment. This is a long term contract with a hybrid option and has been deemed inside IR35. The Role As Senior Project Engineer / Design Manager, you will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and assuring multidisciplinary design activities across a range of airfield and civil engineering projects. You will interface closely with internal design teams, contractors, airport stakeholders, and project leadership to ensure high-quality, safe, and compliant design delivery. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage design development for airfield infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, aprons,...

We have a contract opportunity working for Luxury Automotive OEM based in Gaydon, Warks Please review details below Job title: Suspension Engineer (C) Location: Gaydon Duration: 12 months Hourly rate: £27.21 p/h INSIDE IR35 (Via Umbrella Solutions) Duties: Apply engineering theories and principles to perform complex work in research and development of suspension engineering systems, including the design, characterization, and iterative refinement of suspension devices. Work with powertrain engineering to develop industrialized products. Level: A Senior Professional (P3) applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Responsibilities typically include: * Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision. * Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals. * Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex. If you want to know more about this exciting contract...

Warranty Engineer – Energy from Waste Power Station – 2 year FTC Competitive salary + bonus + benefits South East London / Kent SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for a Warranty Engineer, on a 2 year fixed term contract, to oversee the defects liability period of a newly constructed Energy from Waste power station in South East London / Kent area. This role sits at the interface between Operations, Maintenance, OEMs and Commercial teams, focusing on protecting plant performance and ensuring contractual warranty obligations are properly managed and enforced. The successful candidate will play a key role in monitoring availability, managing defects and safeguarding the commercial position of the asset during handover into full O&M. The role will involve: * Monitoring plant performance, availability and OEE against contractual guarantees * Identifying and differentiating warranty-related underperformance from operational factors * Managing and tracking warranty...

Role Overview To work as part of a CE&I design team supporting a major infrastructure programme, providing site-based front-line design support to commissioning teams and delivering detailed design modifications to meet functional and business requirements. This role focuses on producing, supporting, and checking detailed design changes. Implementation, testing, and commissioning activities are carried out by separate site-based teams and are outside the scope of this position. Essential Requirements Academic Qualification: Minimum HND (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline Professional Qualification: Minimum Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status or working towards Security Clearance: Must hold or be eligible for SC clearance Working Pattern: 37 hours per week over 4.5 days Minimum three days per week on site When not required on site, minimum three days per week in a regional design office Occasional travel (approx. one day per month) to an additional...