Systems Engineer - Technical Capability Lead (Defence)

Location: Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; on-site with Dstl five days a week, with some travel within the UK.

Salary: £50,000–£80,000 DOE

Company

hirify.global is an independent technology company delivering secure digital services, data management, and resilient solutions for highly secure organisations, with a heritage in defence.

What you will do

• Act as the technical focal point and subject matter expert for an assigned capability: IR Threat Warning, Directed IR Countermeasure, or the overall DAS controller.
• Maintain understanding of capability architecture, interfaces, performance, technical specifications, engineering documentation, and test evidence.
• Work with Dstl, MOD stakeholders, industry suppliers, and platform integration teams to identify technical developments, risks, opportunities, and engineering challenges.
• Support platform integration, laboratory testing, field trials, verification, validation, technical investigations, and assurance activities.
• Assess system performance against requirements and operational needs and analyse technical and operational data.
• Prepare technical reports, briefings, presentations, recommendations, and knowledge-transfer materials.

Requirements

• Recent, hands-on experience with complex defence, aerospace, military aviation, or other high-technology systems.
• Significant recent experience in systems engineering, systems integration, test and evaluation, analysis, assurance, or a related technical discipline.
• Technical knowledge relevant to DAS, electronic warfare, defensive aids, threat warning, countermeasures, or a closely related defence or aerospace capability.
• Technical depth in at least one of systems engineering, test and evaluation, technical analysis, systems assurance, integration, or performance assessment.
• Strong understanding of the air domain, including platforms and threat systems.
• Experience with system architectures, interfaces, integration challenges, technical specifications, engineering documentation, and/or test evidence.
• Experience supporting testing, trials, verification, validation, analysis, or technical assurance activities.
• Strong technical analysis, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical reports and recommendations.
• Must be a UK National, eligible to work in the UK, and eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience working with MOD or defence industry programmes.
• Experience supporting platform integration activities.
• Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes.
• Experience in operational analysis, performance assessment, or technical risk management.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time, on-site role with customer engagement and UK travel.
• 25 days of annual leave, including up to three days of December shutdown, with the option to buy or sell up to five days.
• Two pension schemes, private medical and dental insurance, life assurance up to four times salary, and multiple savings schemes.
• Electric or hybrid car leasing, cycle-to-work scheme, retail discounts, professional development support, and an annual wellness allowance.
• Wellbeing support includes mental health first aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Inclusive equal-opportunities workplace focused on collaboration, technical expertise, and resilient customer solutions.