System Detail Specialist (Lead System Engineer)

hackajob is collaborating with Leidos to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Senior/ Lead System Engineer Location - Farnborough Security Clearance Level - High ''Developed Vetting'' (DV) Team: Systems EngineerING (SYSTEMS Design/ Detail Engineering) The Lead Systems Engineer will play a critical role within a major UK defence IT delivery programme, taking ownership of requirements management, traceability, and the formal acceptance process. The role will act as a key technical and assurance interface between the delivery organisation and the UK Ministry of Defence ensuring that contractual, functional, and non functional requirements are fully met, evidenced, and formally accepted. This position requires a senior engineer with strong systems engineering discipline, experience operating in high assurance, regulated environments, and the confidence to engage directly with MOD stakeholders, assurance bodies, and delivery teams. Requirements Management Lead the end to end requirements management lifecycle, from capture and baseline through to verification and acceptance Ensure requirements are clear, testable, traceable, and aligned to contractual and operational needs Maintain robust requirements traceability matrices (RTMs) linking requirements to design, implementation, and test evidence Manage requirements change control in line with programme governance Acceptance and Assurance Own and manage the acceptance strategy and acceptance ..... full job details .....