Senior Systems Engineer – Team Lead

Location: Higher Denham

Senior Systems Engineer – Team Lead Lead it. Integrate it. Protect lives! Step into a role where technical leadership meets real-world impact. As a Senior Systems Engineer (Electromechanical Systems) and Team Lead within our Systems team at Denham, you'll lead the development of the integrated systems behind life-saving aerospace technology. From concept through to certification, your expertise will help deliver cutting-edge ejection seat and safety systems designed to perform in the world's most demanding, safety-critical environments.

Direct Impact, Global Scale. Life-Saving Mission. At Martin-Baker, the work we do matters. We design, manufacture and support life-saving equipment used by aircrew around the world. Our products operate in demanding environments, where quality, reliability and attention to detail are critical. We're proud of our long history in aerospace and defence, also focused on the future. Joining Martin-Baker means becoming part of a business with a clear purpose, strong engineering capability and a long-term commitment to its people, products and customers.

Whether you work in engineering, operations, commercial, finance, supply chain or support functions, your contribution helps deliver equipment that protects lives. It is challenging work, but it is also meaningful, and with over 7,700 lives saved, it gives our people the opportunity to be part of something with real impact. The Opportunity As a Senior Systems Engineer and Team Lead, you'll join a collaborative, cross-functional Systems Integrated Product Team, working alongside electronics, software, mechanical engineering and analysis specialists to develop highly complex electromechanical systems.

You'll play a key role in leading systems engineering activities across the full product lifecycle, from requirements definition and system architecture through to verification, validation and production support. Alongside your technical responsibilities, you'll provide technical leadership within the Systems Engineering team, helping to prioritise activities, support engineering decisions and develop the capability of engineers across the team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of aerospace programmes, where no two projects are the same.

You'll tackle complex systems engineering challenges while playing an important role in both delivering innovative products and supporting the development of the engineers around you. What You'll Do Lead and coordinate systems engineering activities across assigned programmes and work packages, supporting programme delivery, prioritisation and technical decision-making. Provide technical leadership and guidance to Systems Engineers, including mentoring, coaching, design reviews and support in resolving complex engineering challenges.

Develop and manage system requirements and architecture, ensuring customer, regulatory and internal standards are achieved throughout the product lifecycle. Lead technical analysis and investigations, including feasibility studies, trade-off analyses, system simulations, modelling and test correlation for complex electromechanical systems. Support the design, integration, verification and validation of electromechanical systems, including system-level software functionality and safety-critical applications where required. Promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement, collaborating with customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams while representing Systems Engineering during technical and programme activities.

What We're Looking For Extensive systems engineering experience within aerospace, defence or another highly regulated environment, with a strong understanding of the full product lifecycle.…