Lead Systems Engineer

Company: Gold Group
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Location: Clapham Hill
Job Description:

Lead Systems Engineer – Job Overview

Location: Rochester, Kent – 4+ days on-site per week. Salary: £65,000 – £70,000 plus 10% bonus.

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

Responsibilities

  • Understand the top level packages of work, size and time phasing across the teams within the PRG, and how these contribute to critical path and/or milestones.
  • Understand the team sizes and skillset required, as well as any major dependencies or facilities required across the PRG.
  • Contribute to strategic project meetings and facilitate implementation of initiatives.
  • Give regular status and recommendations on the resourcing requirements to the project and the Functional Manager.
  • Support the projects by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on‑going projects.
  • Support the team members with their career development in conjunction with the Functional Manager.

Qualification & Experience

  • Proven experience leading a Systems or Software team in relevant product markets and/or domains such as control systems, real time displays or other safety related systems.
  • Proven experience in managing projects to tight schedules and budgets.
  • Proven experience in requirements management, design analyses, modelling and simulation, writing and reviewing code, and using tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink.
  • Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g., Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics).

Benefits

Overtime, 14% pension, 25 days holiday, free shares and more.

EEO Statement

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

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Posted: June 10th, 2026