Lead Systems Engineer - Weapon Integration

As Lead Engineer you will drive all weapon integration activities for our advanced aerial platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end integration of a diverse range of weapon systems across multiple domains, ensuring seamless functionality with the core mission and avionics systems. You will act as technical authority for weapon integration, providing guidance and mentorship to a dedicated team of engineers, and driving the successful delivery of this critical capability.

The day-to-day

• Lead the overall weapon integration programme across all relevant domains, ensuring a coherent and fully functional system-of-systems;
• Perform and oversee the detailed integration of weapons with the aircraft’s mission system and avionics architecture, including data buses and software interfaces;
• Develop and manage the weapon integration roadmap, from concept definition through to flight testing and final qualification;
• Liaise with internal design teams, including structures, aerodynamics, and systems engineering, to manage the physical and functional integration of weapon systems;
• Author technical specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and statements of work for suppliers and subcontractors;
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers within the team;
• Oversee the verification and validation strategy.

You should apply if you

• Hold a degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering;
• Have significant experience within the aerospace or defence industry, with a demonstrable focus on weapon systems integration;
• Have comprehensive understanding of the full engineering lifecycle, from initial requirements capture to in-service support;
• Have direct, hands-on experience integrating a variety of weapon types (e.g., missiles, bombs, rockets) onto fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft;
• Have In-depth knowledge of mission systems, avionic architectures, and associated data bus standards;
• Proficiency with engineering tools for requirements management, modeling, and simulation;
• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to report and present results clearly and effectively to both internal and external stakeholders.