Principal / Lead Systems Engineer

Basildon, England, United Kingdom • Posted June 09, 2026

Job Type: Full time
Location: Basildon, England
Posted: June 09, 2026
Category: Engineers
Application Deadline: July 19, 2026

Role Description

Job Description:

Your impact

Are you a Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the UKs Defence Industry and making impactful change? We are recruiting for a Lead/Principal Systems Engineer in our growing Precision Guidance team, working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products.

As the Principal Systems Engineer you will support the execution of Systems Engineering project activities, support acc . You will support Systems Engineering capability and improvement matters across the Business Areas, providing proactive guidance to senior stakeholders on Systems Thinking and Methods for adoption that aligns with successful project execution.

What we build is exciting, interesting, challenging and complex. A diverse product portfolio of technologies, with each programme at a different stage in its development lifecycle. 

The focus of this role is the execution of systems engineering...

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