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Principal Systems Engineer - Technical Lead

Posted: 21/01/26
Recruiter:Thomas Search
Reference:3061395764
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Systems Engineer
Salary:£75,000 - £85,000 Annual
Location:Farnborough, Hampshire
Description: Thomas Search are delighted to be partnering with a leading defence research & development organisation who is looking for a Principal Systems Engineering Team Leader in Hampshire. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to work across ground-breaking innovations and be part of a growing professional community.

The Role

As a Principal Systems Engineer you will lead a team of Systems Engineers and operate working across multiple projects delivering your own portfolio of work.
Day-to-day, you will assimilate a broad view of programmes, technical challenges and deliver systems engineering artefacts across multiple projects showing a deep interest in the effective productisation of science and technology.

Your responsibilities will include:
  • Working with discipline and professional leads to shape toolsets, artefacts, training and best practice
  • Mentoring, peer reviewing and advising on professional best practice both directly and throughout your team
  • Setting, discussing and tracking individuals goals and performance, including gathering feedback, 121s and calibration activities
  • Advancing your teams professional skills, knowledge and behaviours
  • Applying deep or broad systems engineering principles and practices to engage with the team delivering on actions
  • Advising on suitable deployments for your team, Chief Engineers, Programme Leaders, resource Managers and related stakeholders as necessary
Essential experience of the Principal Systems Engineer:
  • Robust understanding of systems engineering and its application in the development of products
  • A strong knowledge of engineering toolset for managing complex systems developments
  • Previous experience operating as a Lead / Principal Systems Engineer on complex equipment development programmes delivering artefacts and leading teams
  • The ability to build effective, high performing teams and develop others including addressing behaviours where necessary
  • A deep or broad experience applying systems engineering principles and practices in line with competency frameworks
  • Demonstrable experience applying relevant standards and meeting regulatory requirements in engineering delivery
Essential qualifications for the Principal Systems Engineer:
  • A chartered engineer or demonstrable experience
This role is 37 hours per week based in Farnborough, Hampshire. Hybrid working patterns are available with a realistic 2/3 days per week onsite.

NB. Candidates must be eligible to obtain UK security clearances.

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