Senior Digital Systems Engineer

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Digital Systems Engineer (Digital Ship) to help shape and deliver digital capability across current and future naval programmes.

 

This is a broad systems engineering and architecture role covering onboard digital infrastructure, edge computing, communications, data handling, platform integration, digital twin capability and autonomy enablers. You will turn strategic digital objectives into practical architectures, requirements, interfaces, standards and integration plans.

 

Working across multidisciplinary engineering teams and external suppliers, you will help ensure that platform digital capability is coherent, secure, supportable and ready for integration, test and commissioning.

 

This role would suit an experienced systems engineer, digital architect or integration lead who is comfortable working across software, networks, data, automation and physical platform systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the digital ship strategy and digital systems architecture for current and future naval platforms.
• Define, manage and decompose system requirements into clear, verifiable technical solutions.
• Lead the design of onboard digital systems, including computing, networks, communications, data management and digital services.
• Define and manage interfaces between digital systems, platform systems, sensors, automation, IPMS and external environments.
• Develop platform data architectures, digital engineering approaches and digital twin capabilities to support operational and lifecycle objectives.
• Conduct architecture trade studies, technical assessments and design reviews to inform programme decisions.
• Lead the integration, verification, validation and commissioning of digital capabilities across shore and onboard environments.
• Ensure requirements, architecture baselines, interfaces and technical documentation remain under configuration control.
• Apply cyber security, software assurance, safety and supportability principles throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership for suppliers and programme teams, including risk management, technical governance and engineering best practice.

 

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional experience in Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Communications Engineering or a related subject.
• Evidence of continued professional development in systems engineering, software-intensive systems, architecture or digital engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status, or progress towards professional registration, is desirable.
• Relevant systems engineering, architecture, cyber security, networking, cloud, data or project delivery certifications would be beneficial.
• Candidates without a degree may be considered where they can demonstrate substantial relevant engineering experience and capability.

 

Essential skills

• Strong systems engineering and systems-thinking capability.
• Experience developing architectures for complex digital, software-intensive or data-centric systems.
• Proven capability in requirements management, including elicitation, decomposition, allocation and traceability.
• Experience defining and managing system interfaces across multidisciplinary environments.
• Knowledge of systems integration across hardware, software, networks and external systems.
• Understanding of distributed computing, data architectures, information flows and lifecycle management.
• Experience planning and executing verification, validation and technical assurance activities.
• Ability to manage configuration control, technical baselines and engineering change processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and technical decision-making skills.
• Ability to identify and manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies and constraints.
• Experience working with suppliers and multidisciplinary stakeholder teams.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

 

Desired skills

• MBSE (SysML) and systems architecture.
• Digital twin, modelling and simulation.
• Data, integration and enterprise architectures.
• Cyber security, software assurance and DevSecOps.
• Automation, control systems and IPMS integration.
• Safety, reliability and supportability engineering.
• Technical governance, architecture reviews and assurance.
• Supplier assessment, procurement and technical leadership.

Experience

Essential Experience

• Experience in a senior systems engineering, digital architecture or complex systems integration role.
• Proven delivery of engineering solutions within multidisciplinary and regulated environments.
• Experience developing system architectures, requirements and interface definitions for complex systems.
• Experience integrating hardware, software, networks and data-driven solutions.
• Experience supporting verification, validation, configuration management and technical governance activities.
• Experience producing high-quality technical documentation, specifications and engineering artefacts.
• Experience working with suppliers, partners and stakeholders, including technical reviews and design assurance.
• Experience operating within safety-critical, security-conscious or mission-critical sectors.

 

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, and much more!   
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive