Systems Engineer; IT Configuration and Build

Job Title:

Inzpire - Systems Engineer (IT Configuration and Build)

Location:

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Role Type:
Permanent – Full Time

We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.

We were recently crowned Employer of the Year at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2023. We have been listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies several times as well as achieving ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world‑class’ for our employee engagement on a number of occasions.

We are also proud to have been honoured with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.

As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.

Our award-winning Mission Systems Team deliver some of the world’s most advanced aviation IT systems from our office in Lincoln. As a result of our continued success and business expansion, we are delighted to offer an opportunity for a Systems Engineer specialising in IT configuration, hardware integration and system build to support the development, test and delivery of our bespoke mission system products.

The Mission Systems Team operates using Agile methodologies to develop our electronic mapping, mission support and electronic flight bag solutions. We require an engineer who enjoys hands‑on work with COTS hardware, building reliable, repeatable and fully tested systems that meet strict engineering, configuration control and security standards.

As a Systems Engineer (IT Configuration and Build), you will form part of a multi-discipline team, supporting the full product development cycle. You will be responsible for taking commercially available hardware devices and configuring them using defined scripts, MDM tooling, and deployment processes, into fully functional mission systems. You will validate and document each build to strict engineering standards, ensuring each system is repeatable, supportable and compliant with technical and security baselines.

This is not a desktop support role. It focuses on systematic configuration, controlled hardware build processes, and engineering test activity as part of a product development lifecycle.

The main duties of the role will include:

• Contributing directly to the systems engineering aspects of Company-designed electronic mapping, mission support and electronic flight bag products, including the hands‑on configuration, build and test of hardware systems.
• Defining, maintaining and improving system configurations, build scripts and deployment processes to ensure reliable, repeatable system builds.
• Building and validating Windows and Android‑based devices using standardised deployment tooling (e.g., WDS, MDM platforms, configuration scripts).
• Conducting structured functional and integration testing to ensure systems are correctly configured, connected and performing to specification.
• Maintaining configuration control, versioning, documentation and test evidence associated with each system build.
• Reviewing the configuration and build work of others to ensure consistent quality and compliance with engineering standards.
• Undertaking related engineering and project activities as required to support system release, delivery and sustainment.

The role is expected to grow with experience. Further development of the role is possible. Support and mentoring will be provided with the short‑term goals to allow the successful candidate to be able to:

• Deliver consistent, repeatable system builds.
• Maintain and improve build scripts and configuration documentation.
• Independe…