Head of Systems Engineering

The right applicant for this role will be someone who has a consultancy or Defence background, with the ability to work autonomously or within engineering and cross-functional teams. The Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering will grow a team around them, and alongside other departments, to set strategy and deliver multi-disciplinary support to some of the most complex Government programmes. This team manage requirements at all stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, including elicitation of capability/user requirements, generation/management of system requirements, testing and acceptance. As the Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering your focus will be developing: System and System of Systems Architecture MBSE Integrated Logistics/Product Support Engineering Management Engineering Governance. You will be responsible for: Setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other department leads. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues. Allocating consultants to projects and accounts in support of the business, working with the Account Leads to successfully meet demand. Identifying and setting up training courses for members of the department based on their training needs. Coaching people on the use of Systems Engineering and ILS tools and techniques. Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all our customers. Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers expectations. Skills: Delivering Requirements Engineering, Integrated Logistical Support, MBSE, and Engineering Governance in a consultancy context. Experience of requirements management within defence Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.) Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management. Understanding of complex system of system projects and programmes, especially with respect to integration activities and SoS performance setting and acceptance. Capability Development of new tools and techniques. Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers expectations. Leading multi-disciplined teams in a consultancy setting. Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally. Developing employees and teams through internal and external training. ADZN1_UKTJ

Location: Bristol, GB

Posted Date: 6/17/2025