About this role
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements
- Significant recent hands-on experience in systems engineering, systems integration, test and evaluation, analysis, assurance, or a related technical discipline.
- Technical knowledge relevant to DAS, electronic warfare, defensive aids, threat warning, countermeasures, or a closely related defence or aerospace capability.
- Demonstrable technical depth in at least one of these areas: systems engineering, test and evaluation, technical analysis, systems assurance, integration, or performance assessment.
- Strong understanding of the air domain, including platforms and threat systems.
- Experience with complex defence, aerospace, military aviation, or other high-technology systems.
- Experience with system architectures, interfaces, and integration challenges.
- Experience reviewing technical specifications, engineering documentation, or test evidence.
- Experience supporting testing, trials, verification, validation, analysis, or technical assurance activities.
- Strong technical analysis, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical reports and recommendations.
- Desirable: experience working with MOD or defence industry programmes; supporting platform integration; understanding systems engineering lifecycle processes; or working in operational analysis, performance assessment, or technical risk management.
- Must be a UK national and eligible to work in the UK.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.
Responsibilities
- Become the technical focal point and subject matter expert for an assigned reference capability: IR Threat Warning, Directed IR Countermeasure, or the controller for the overall DAS system.
- Develop and maintain detailed understanding of the assigned capability, including its architecture, interfaces, and performance.
- Work with Dstl, industry suppliers, MOD stakeholders, and platform integration teams to understand technical developments, issues, risks, and opportunities.
- Review technical specifications, engineering documentation, and test evidence.
- Support platform integration, technical investigations, and resolution of engineering challenges.
- Contribute to laboratory testing, field trials, and technical assurance activities.
- Assess system performance against requirements and operational needs.
- Analyse technical and operational data and produce clear recommendations.
- Prepare technical reports, briefings, and presentations for stakeholders.
- Capture technical knowledge and lessons learned to support knowledge transfer.
- Help assess system performance, identify technical risks, support test and evaluation, and contribute to integrating defence capabilities onto operational platforms.
Technologies
- Support
- Security
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We are MASS, an independent technology company trusted by highly secure organisations to deliver advanced digital services that manage data and protect information. With our defence heritage, we bring security expertise and work closely with customers to provide tailored, agile, and resilient solutions. This is a permanent, full-time Systems Engineer – Technical Capability Lead role, based on-site with our customer, Dstl, at Porton Down (SP4), five days a week, with some UK travel to liaise with MOD and industry stakeholders.
The salary is £50,000–£80,000, depending on experience. We offer 25 days annual leave (including up to three days for the December shutdown), the option to buy or sell up to five days, two pension schemes, private medical and dental insurance with discounts for additional family members, life assurance of up to four times salary, multiple savings schemes, electric or hybrid car leasing, a cycle-to-work scheme, retail discounts, continuous professional development support, and an annual wellness allowance.
Our wellbeing support includes mental health first aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme. We are an equal opportunities employer and aim to create a friendly, inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and able to make an impact.
last updated 46 week of 2026