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Lead Systems Engineer

Job in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5, England, UK
Listing for: Gold Group
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 65000 GBP Yearly GBP 60000.00 65000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Overview

Role: Lead Systems Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent - Hybrid

Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 depending on experience

Experienced Lead Systems Engineer needed in Rochester to work on cutting edge systems within the aerospace industry.

Responsibilities

What the role of the Lead Systems Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Lead Systems Engineer will include:

  • Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development
  • Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations
  • Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives
  • Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success
  • Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager
  • Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team
  • Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going projects
Qualifications

What experience you need to be the successful Lead Systems Engineer:

Essential:

  • Experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle
  • Familiarity with system engineering tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink
  • Experience leading a team and making decisions from either a technical or managerial aspect
  • A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Mathematics)

Desirable:

  • Experience leading and managing a system engineering team in relevant product markets
  • Experience in integration, test, and/or verification of real time and/or safety related systems
  • An understanding of information assurance, cyber security and environmental impact aspects relating to real time embedded engineering products
Benefits

Benefits:
Overtime, 14% pension, 25 days holiday, free shares and more!

Please note:

Due to security restrictions we can only consider Sole UK Nationals for this position.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Systems Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.

We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website.

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