Senior Systems Engineer – Automotive/EV – Hybrid

Company: WA Consultants
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Location: Walbottle
Job Description:

Systems Engineer

Newcastle Upon Tyne | Hybrid Working

Join a Global Engineering Leader Driving the Future of Automotive & EV Technology

Our client is a highly successful, globally recognised engineering organisation operating at the forefront of Automotive and Electric Vehicle innovation. With significant investment, a strong order book, and an outstanding reputation within the industry, they offer an excellent environment for ambitious engineers looking to make a real impact.

Based within a modern, purpose-built facility in Newcastle Upon Tyne, this hybrid opportunity is ideal for a Systems Engineer who enjoys working across the full product development life cycle, engaging with customers and stakeholders, and translating complex technical challenges into robust engineering solutions.

The Role

As a Systems Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining and managing product requirements, ensuring full traceability throughout the development life cycle and supporting the delivery of compliant, high-quality products.

Working closely with customers, project management teams, design engineers, and verification specialists, you will be responsible for establishing system-level requirements, maintaining compliance documentation, and ensuring products are developed in line with agreed processes and industry standards.

This is a highly visible role requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels across the business and externally.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with customers and stakeholders to define, agree and capture top-level product and system requirements.
  • Translate customer needs into clear, structured, and traceable engineering requirements.
  • Break down complex engineering challenges into manageable system-level solutions.
  • Work closely with project management teams to ensure projects follow an agreed product development life cycle.
  • Maintain robust requirements traceability throughout the V-cycle, ensuring compliance can withstand customer and external audit scrutiny.
  • Collaborate with design and engineering teams to define technical requirements and product performance targets.
  • Support and contribute to Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) activities.
  • Develop and maintain DFMEA documentation, identifying potential failure modes and corrective actions.
  • Ensure suitable verification and test methods are defined and linked to system requirements.
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, verification methods, test execution, and results.
  • Work alongside Verification & Validation (V&V) teams to ensure requirements are measurable, achievable, and testable.
  • Support customer reviews, compliance activities, and external audits.

About You

We are seeking a Systems Engineer with experience working within complex engineering environments, ideally within the Automotive, EV, Aerospace, Industrial Electronics, or other safety‑critical sectors.

You will be able to demonstrate:

  • Experience capturing and managing system-level requirements.
  • Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing skills.
  • Knowledge of systems engineering principles and structured product development methodologies.
  • Experience working within a requirements-driven development environment.
  • Understanding of requirements traceability, validation, and compliance processes.
  • Experience supporting DFMEA or similar risk assessment activities.

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Posted: June 19th, 2026