Senior Systems Engineer/Technical Lead

Overview

In this role you will act as the technical authority on a major Royal Navy simulation programme, driving technical direction and delivery while shaping the team. You will navigate ambiguity, manage risks, and ensure high engineering standards. You’ll engage with customers, oversee the full lifecycle, and influence how the programme evolves. This is a hands-on leadership role with real ownership and impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical solution and delivery across a large-scale naval simulation programme
• Act as the focal point for all technical decisions, providing clear leadership and direction
• Take ownership as the technical authority, ensuring solutions meet required standards and outcomes
• Coordinate technical activity across the full lifecycle (concept through to acceptance)
• Engage with customers through reviews, demos, and acceptance activities
• Ensure engineering work is well-defined, prioritised, and delivered to quality
• Mentor and lead multidisciplinary teams, driving best practice and continuous improvement
• Act as the key interface with internal teams, customers, and partners
• Identify and manage technical risks and mitigation strategies
• Support bids, changes, and proposals with technical input and estimation

Key requirements

• Strong background in systems engineering
• Experience leading delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary programmes
• Proven ability to lead technical teams in challenging environments
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving, and sometimes ambiguous programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• stakeholder management
• communication skills
• leadership
• mentoring
• simulation technologies
• defence or naval environments (Desirable)

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