via Indeed · 18 September 2026 ·1 day ago

SP Systems Engineering Contractor

Lockheed Martin
Ampthill
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About the role
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We are urgently seeking to recruit a number of Systems Engineers, initially on a 12 month contract basis to be based on\-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices.

These roles are to supplement the Engineering Team across various Business Areas of the company, including Special Projects and Platform Systems. Roles driven by Uncrewed Turret activity, which is calling on SME support, requiring backfill into BAs.

Demonstrable knowledge and experience required in Systems Engineering, Designing and Integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component.

Required skills, qualifications and experience
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  • Experience of systems engineering lifecycle through the life of a large scale systems development programme, ideally in the Command \& Control domain.

  • Experienced of modelling and simulation (Matlab/Simulink).

  • Experience in the Verification and Validation lifecycle.

  • Development of Verification \& Acceptance (V\&A) statements.

  • Knowledge of Comms \& RF Network Architectures.

  • Change proposal assessment and embodiment.

  • Working understanding of relevant Def\-Stan, MIL\-STD and industry best practice.

  • Understand nuances of system limitations and behaviours at system level.

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