Systems Engineer - System Lead (Defence)

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

Salary: £45,000–£60,000 per year, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is an independent technology company delivering secure digital services, data management, resilience, and defence-focused solutions for highly secure organisations.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain technical understanding of IR Threat Warning, DIRCM, and DAS Controller capabilities, including architectures, interfaces, and performance.
• Support and deputise for Senior Leads across three technical supplier areas.
• Review specifications, engineering documentation, and test evidence to identify issues, risks, and further investigations.
• Work with Dstl, MOD stakeholders, industry suppliers, and platform integration teams on technical developments and challenges.
• Support platform integration, technical investigations, laboratory testing, field trials, test and evaluation, and assurance activities.
• Analyse technical and operational data and prepare reports, briefings, presentations, recommendations, and knowledge-sharing materials.

Requirements

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

Nice to have

• Experience 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.
• Experience working across multiple technical systems or supplier environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment with 25 days of annual leave, including up to three December shutdown days, and 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/hybrid car leasing, Cycle to Work, retail discounts, continuous professional development support, and an annual wellness allowance.
• Wellbeing support including mental health first aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Equal-opportunity and inclusive workplace focused on employee support, technical expertise, and collaboration.