Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architecture
Posted on Jul 14, 2026 by CV-Library
Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Engineering
Immediate Start
£70k - £85k Annual
Full-Time
Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architecture
The Role:
As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix focusing on Systems Architecture, you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. You will work alongside Capability Leads to help lead the charge and drive the Systems Engineering capability into the future. Within Synoptix, you will be a mentor to early careers, providing coaching, guidance and support, while promoting Digital Engineering best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion and drive to become a technical expert in their specialism.
As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organization and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc.
Day to day tasking can include:
Delivering technical expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface
Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle
Development of proposals and statements of work
Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery
Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings
Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed
Key Skills:
We are interested in any of the following skills, but they are not essential for you to apply:
Facilitating good Systems Engineering practices
Application of Digital Engineering methodologies
Systems Engineering Architecture
Systems Thinking
Requirements Capture, Management and Analysis
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Systems Integration
Verification and Validation
Successful delivery of SE documentation
Knowledge of supporting toolsets (e.g. DOORs, JAMA, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody, MATLAB, Simulink)
Desirable Skills:
Experience across a breadth of Systems Engineering skillsets
Thought leadership for the future of Digital Engineering within Systems Engineering
Interest in interacting with MBSE working groups within industry
Benefits:
Discretionary Company Bonus – At the end of each financial year based on company / personal performance
25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Continuous professional development including incentives
Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways
Electric car scheme
Bike to work scheme
Private health care (AXA)
About Us:
Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology.
What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.
Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request
The Role:
As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix focusing on Systems Architecture, you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. You will work alongside Capability Leads to help lead the charge and drive the Systems Engineering capability into the future. Within Synoptix, you will be a mentor to early careers, providing coaching, guidance and support, while promoting Digital Engineering best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion and drive to become a technical expert in their specialism.
As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organization and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc.
Day to day tasking can include:
Delivering technical expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface
Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle
Development of proposals and statements of work
Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery
Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings
Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed
Key Skills:
We are interested in any of the following skills, but they are not essential for you to apply:
Facilitating good Systems Engineering practices
Application of Digital Engineering methodologies
Systems Engineering Architecture
Systems Thinking
Requirements Capture, Management and Analysis
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Systems Integration
Verification and Validation
Successful delivery of SE documentation
Knowledge of supporting toolsets (e.g. DOORs, JAMA, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody, MATLAB, Simulink)
Desirable Skills:
Experience across a breadth of Systems Engineering skillsets
Thought leadership for the future of Digital Engineering within Systems Engineering
Interest in interacting with MBSE working groups within industry
Benefits:
Discretionary Company Bonus – At the end of each financial year based on company / personal performance
25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Continuous professional development including incentives
Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways
Electric car scheme
Bike to work scheme
Private health care (AXA)
About Us:
Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology.
What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.
Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request
Reference: 225368002
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Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architecture
Posted on Jul 14, 2026 by CV-Library
Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Engineering
Immediate Start
£70k - £85k Annual
Full-Time
Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architecture
The Role:
As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix focusing on Systems Architecture, you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. You will work alongside Capability Leads to help lead the charge and drive the Systems Engineering capability into the future. Within Synoptix, you will be a mentor to early careers, providing coaching, guidance and support, while promoting Digital Engineering best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion and drive to become a technical expert in their specialism.
As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organization and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc.
Day to day tasking can include:
Delivering technical expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface
Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle
Development of proposals and statements of work
Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery
Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings
Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed
Key Skills:
We are interested in any of the following skills, but they are not essential for you to apply:
Facilitating good Systems Engineering practices
Application of Digital Engineering methodologies
Systems Engineering Architecture
Systems Thinking
Requirements Capture, Management and Analysis
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Systems Integration
Verification and Validation
Successful delivery of SE documentation
Knowledge of supporting toolsets (e.g. DOORs, JAMA, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody, MATLAB, Simulink)
Desirable Skills:
Experience across a breadth of Systems Engineering skillsets
Thought leadership for the future of Digital Engineering within Systems Engineering
Interest in interacting with MBSE working groups within industry
Benefits:
Discretionary Company Bonus – At the end of each financial year based on company / personal performance
25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Continuous professional development including incentives
Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways
Electric car scheme
Bike to work scheme
Private health care (AXA)
About Us:
Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology.
What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.
Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request
The Role:
As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix focusing on Systems Architecture, you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. You will work alongside Capability Leads to help lead the charge and drive the Systems Engineering capability into the future. Within Synoptix, you will be a mentor to early careers, providing coaching, guidance and support, while promoting Digital Engineering best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion and drive to become a technical expert in their specialism.
As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organization and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc.
Day to day tasking can include:
Delivering technical expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface
Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle
Development of proposals and statements of work
Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery
Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings
Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed
Key Skills:
We are interested in any of the following skills, but they are not essential for you to apply:
Facilitating good Systems Engineering practices
Application of Digital Engineering methodologies
Systems Engineering Architecture
Systems Thinking
Requirements Capture, Management and Analysis
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Systems Integration
Verification and Validation
Successful delivery of SE documentation
Knowledge of supporting toolsets (e.g. DOORs, JAMA, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody, MATLAB, Simulink)
Desirable Skills:
Experience across a breadth of Systems Engineering skillsets
Thought leadership for the future of Digital Engineering within Systems Engineering
Interest in interacting with MBSE working groups within industry
Benefits:
Discretionary Company Bonus – At the end of each financial year based on company / personal performance
25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Continuous professional development including incentives
Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways
Electric car scheme
Bike to work scheme
Private health care (AXA)
About Us:
Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology.
What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.
Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request
Reference: 225368002
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