Systems Engineering Consultant

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
• There will be an expectation for you to work from either a PA office and/or client location at least 3x per week
• Travel to client site will be necessary as and when the client requires

Our Systems Insights & Solutions team are looking for exceptional Systems Engineering Consultants
with experience from across a range of sectors such as Defence and Security, Public Services, Transport, Energy and Utilities and more. You will work in blended teams, partnering with specialists from across the breadth of PA to turn complex, dynamic, and interconnected challenges into opportunity. You will tackle some of PA’s hardest problems by applying proven Systems Engineering
, and System Thinking
techniques to break down and solve complex problems which span organisations and disciplines (people, process, information, technology).

Our success is driven by our capability to understand the problem and solution spaces, from business need to component design, drawing on a wealth of knowledge from our diverse team of talented consultants. We combine our knowledge on Systems Engineering, and Systems Thinking
to be the go-to company for developing practical and innovative systems for complex real world strategic issues. We excel in solving a wide range of complex problems, delivering tailored, innovative solutions that meet our clients' needs. Our Services range from:
Decision & Planning Support
, System of Systems & Enterprise Design
, Complex Engineering Delivery
and Systems Analysis & Resilience. Our deep expertise and collaborative approach ensure we drive impactful outcomes across all our engagements.

Recent projects include:

• Setting up an enterprise to counter online crime which spans law enforcement, regulators, and social media firms.
• Designing and procuring UK MOD’s future satellite communications services.
• Creating a new international collaboration to design and develop the next generation of fighter jets.
• Embedding a systems approach to capability management and architecture for UK Defence.

As a Systems Insights and Solutions Consultant, you will be working on projects with true impact on everyday life, delivering game changing solutions. Examples of such application might include:

• Optimisation of mixed technical-digital systems and Operational Technology across large scale platforms in Defence
• Use of MBSE to articulate architecture and design
• Implementation of organisational design methodologies to create new ways of working for our clients
• Design of systems-based frameworks and governance models to improve capability procurement and management
• Development of cutting-edge transport solutions which are shaped by the requirements of modern societies
• Implementation of AI and machine learning to transform data analysis and engineering delivery.

• The ideal candidate will have proven experience
  in the application of Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking mindset, tools and approaches, helping to resolve a range of complex and societally meaningful client challenges.
• You will have strong analytical skills, and also be able to apply more creative and abstract thinking to help…