Lead Systems Engineer

Company: Gold Group Ltd
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Location: Rochester
Job Description:

Location: Rochester, Kent – 4 days on site, Friday 1/2 day working from home

Experienced Lead Systems Engineer needed in Rochester to work on cutting edge systems within the aerospace industry.

What the role of the Lead Systems Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Lead Systems Engineer will include:

  • Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development
  • Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations
  • Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives
  • Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success
  • Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager
  • Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team
  • Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going projects

What experience you need to be the successful Lead Systems Engineer:

  • Experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle
  • Familiarity with system engineering tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink
  • Experience leading a team and making decisions from either a technical or managerial aspect
  • A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Mathematics)
  • Experience leading and managing a system engineering team in relevant product markets
  • Experience in integration, test, and/or verification of real time and/or safety related systems
  • An understanding of information assurance, cyber security and environmental impact aspects relating to real time embedded engineering products

Benefits: Overtime, 14% pension, 25 days holiday, free shares and more!

Please note: Due to security restrictions we can only consider Sole UK Nationals for this position.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Systems Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don’t miss out!

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Posted: April 4th, 2026