Systems Engineer
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Systems Engineer leading architecture, integration, and sea-trial validation for STARK’s AI-enabled unmanned maritime vehicles. Coordinating multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, and customers across UK and European testing.
Responsibilities:
- Lead system-level integration for next-generation Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)
- Own overall platform coherency from concept through delivery for USV product development and upgrades
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, control hardware, software and test teams across the full lifecycle
- Define system architecture and interfaces for new and existing platforms
- Produce technical trade studies, sizing and system performance assessments
- Design communications pathways, distribution and redundancy tactics
- Produce layout and system design plans
- Define Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and enforce interface control processes
- Lead verification and validation (V&V) and acceptance activities
- Author test plans and procedures, schedule and run tests, and compile written test reports
- Support bench builds and hardware integration
- Conduct hands-on vessel testing, including VLOS/BVLOS testing, at test ranges and customer sites
- Coordinate payload integration and custom hardware or software interfaces with internal teams, suppliers and customers
- Review test telemetry, identify trends and failure modes, and contribute to predictive maintenance and reliability improvements
- Report to the Maritime Director
Requirements:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Systems, Maritime, Aerospace, Electrical or a closely related Engineering discipline
- Significant industry experience with demonstrable systems engineering responsibility on complex autonomous systems platforms
- Strong practical experience integrating complex systems, including power systems, RF/EMC, EO sensors, networking, embedded controllers and payload interfaces
- Proven track record applying V-Model techniques within an engineering design project
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organised and detail-oriented
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Ability to travel within the UK/Europe for testing and integration
- Ideally hold UK Security clearance or be eligible to obtain UK defence clearance
- Ability to travel to the South West England area when required
- Maritime product development experience and familiarity with MCT/IMO/DNV standards
- Background in start-up or scale-up environments is a plus
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position
Benefits:
- Full-time permanent employment
- Inclusive, supportive workplace environment
- Support for members of the Armed Forces community and their families
- Equal-opportunity workplace
- Opportunities to work on next-generation unmanned maritime systems and defence technology



















