V&V Systems Engineering Specialist

Job Summary

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Verification and Validation Systems Engineering Specialist subcontractor on an initial 12‑month contract.

Rate: £85.00 per hour. Overtime Rate:
Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at 'time and a quarter'.

Location:

Stevenage or Bristol (depending on your preference). Hybrid/Remote working:
The role will be a hybrid role of on average 2 days per week onsite.

Contract:

37 Hours per week. Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long‑term thereafter). IR35 status:
Inside IR35 (Umbrella).

The Test & Evaluation team is looking for a V & V Systems Engineering Specialist to operate with a high-level of technical responsibility for the entire lifecycle of our product, ranging from design and development to qualification and deployment. A specialist will bridge the gap between design and production, ensuring that complex, high-reliability systems meet our requirements.

• Defining test requirements, creating test plans, scoping front‑end activities with the customer ensuring that requirements are met and understood with the best efficiency maintained for deliveries.
• Overseeing or supporting the qualification and acceptance of test equipment, ensuring it is robust, compliant, and accurate.
• Analyzing test data, identifying performance bottlenecks, and troubleshooting validation issues.
• Producing technical documentation (test procedures, reports) and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
• Supporting departmental strategy and the department head with recruitment of the right people into the team.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders within the business relating to technical direction.
• Providing technical leadership to all test related issues across design projects with proven experience in test equipment requirements capture and specification.
• Supporting new product bid activities.
• Identifying, documenting and deploying best practice across the department and within projects.

• Strong understanding of electronics or mechanical systems, a degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar discipline.
• Expertise in operating general‑purpose test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators).
• Knowledge of safety‑critical standards, particularly within aerospace, defence (e.g., MOD), or rail sectors.
• Ability to work within multi‑disciplinary teams and liaise with customers for system acceptance.
• Hands‑on experience of DOORS & DOORS NG, SysML & Rhapsody desirable, training provided where needed.
• Experience in DfT and testability.
• RF / Microwave systems knowledge desirable.