Functional Systems Engineer

Functional Systems Engineer Location: Bristol Type: Permanent Full-time Working Pattern: Hybrid (approx. 3 days on-site due to project requirements) Salary: Up to 57,000 (depending on experience)About the Role Matchtech are working with a leading organisation in the defence sector who is expanding its Systems Engineering capability to support the ongoing development and delivery of advanced ground-based defence systems.This role sits within a growing functional systems team and offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of programmes, supporting both domestic and international customers. You will play a key role in shaping system capability, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, and supporting successful delivery and certification of complex technologies.Key Responsibilities Depending on project needs, you will contribute across several core systems engineering activities, including:Translating customer requirements into structured system, subsystem, and software requirementsSupporting system design activities, including trade studies and technical evaluationsContributing to certification and assurance activities, including evidence gathering and technical investigationsSupporting programme delivery through stakeholder engagement and coordinationDriving engineering change management and maintaining configuration controlCommunicating complex system architectures and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiencesWorking collaboratively across ..... full job details .....