Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer (Ref: 1674) Initial 6-month contract 2-3 days onsite in Bristol p/w £68.81ph, UMB inside IR35 SC to start - UKEO Experience capturing and analysing stakeholder needs to guide the development of service solutions suitable for future operational environments. Experience applying Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches to develop service and product system architectures in response to stakeholder requirements. Experience generating Use Cases and conducting Functional Analysis to support requirements refinement and validation. Experience managing requirements and maintaining traceability throughout the engineering lifecycle. A solid understanding of the engineering lifecycle and how early technical decisions impact later development and support phases. The ability to balance competing needs and constraints using structured methods such as trade studies. Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence, communicate effectively and adapt to changing programme demands. The ability to work confidently with internal and external stakeholders across diverse organisations, disciplines, backgrounds and levels of seniority. A commitment to maintaining engineering best practice, including seeking insight from academia, industry benchmarks and wider external sources. The ability to explore and articulate the problem space objectively, without bias toward predetermined solutions. An appreciation of how systems integrate into a broader capability enterprise-such as system‑of‑systems relationships and dependencies on personnel, training and infrastructure. A self‑motivated mindset with strong problem‑solving skills and the drive to take complex issues through to resolution