Location: Greenford OR Weymouth (2-3 days per week onsite)Duration: 6 month initial contractRate: 75ph UMB (Inside IR35) Role details:Our client, a leading defence and maritime company, are looking for experienced Systems Engineers to support the delivery of a high-priority sonar system export project to an Australian defence client. This programme builds upon an existing UK maritime sonar capability and adapts it for delivery into an international context. You will be joining a fast-paced, business-critical programme with significant visibility. This is a delivery-focused role, requiring strong stakeholder management and the confidence to push back on scope creep and challenge customer requests, ensuring strict adherence to contractual deliverables. You will engage closely with our client''s Australian division and their end customer (a major defence prime), maintaining clarity on scope and managing engineering change as necessary. Responsibilities: Work across the full systems engineering lifecycle, prioritising Systems DocumentationInterface with UK and Australian stakeholders to understand customer requirements and manage expectations.Review and support design artefacts, documentation, and systems analysis activities.Conduct trade-off analysis and design assessments.Maintain strict control of project scope and change, ensuring delivery aligns with contractual agreements.Provide technical support to the Project Engineering Lead and Systems Design Authority. What we are ..... full job details .....