Functional Systems Engineer – Verification & Certification

Overview

As Functional Systems Engineer, you support verification, validation and certification across multidisciplinary teams to demonstrate compliance for the Land Ceptor weapon system. You’ll work within the certification team to assess evidence, manage documentation and drive certification actions across UK and Polish programmes. You help identify gaps, develop verification plans, and ensure traceable compliance throughout the lifecycle. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role focused on delivering certified defence capability with process improvements and automation where possible.

Responsibilities

• Capture, review and assess technical evidence for certification
• Lead technical investigations and delivery of Certificates of Design
• Review technical documentation and evidence against functional requirements
• Review and agree Design Verification Plans (DVPs)
• Lead/support design reconciliation for changes and obsolescence
• Identify verification gaps and drive issue resolution
• Support corrective actions for verification or compliance issues
• Prepare and review compliance documentation and certification evidence
• Analyse evidence to assess compliance with requirements
• Collaborate across Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Software teams
• Contribute to improvements in V&V and certification processes, including automation
• Support the wider engineering team through development and certification lifecycle

Key requirements

• Experience in systems engineering, verification & validation, requirements management or product certification in a complex environment
• Experience using IBM Rational DOORS Classic
• Proven ability to analyse technical evidence and assess compliance
• Strong understanding of Verification & Validation processes and methodologies
• Experience producing or reviewing compliance documentation and certification evidence
• Experience with requirements management and traceability
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to identify verification gaps and support corrective actions
• Experience with structured engineering development and certification processes
• Confidence working across multidisciplinary teams
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills
• Experience in defence, aerospace or highly regulated environments (advantageous)

• Collaborative mindset
• Analytical thinker
• Clear communicator
• IBM Rational DOORS Classic
• Verification & Validation methodologies
• Design Verification Plans (DVPs)

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