Senior Systems Engineer (MBSE Specialist)
📍 Location: Reading (Full-time onsite)
📅 Working Pattern: 37 hours per week (4-day week or 9-day fortnight available)
🔐 Security Clearance: A-level clearance required
🚗 Travel Requirement: Must be able to commute to Reading
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (MBSE Specialist) to support a major programme within the UK nuclear sector. This role is critical in driving the adoption and maturity of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), ensuring robust system models, improving integration, and enabling informed decision-making across complex engineering environments.
You will work at the forefront of highly regulated, safety-critical systems, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver high-quality engineering insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and enhance Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices, including:
- Requirements management
- Interface definition
- Trade studies
- Cross-discipline integration and analysis
- Maintain the integrity, consistency, and usability of complex engineering models
- Improve model deployment, reporting, and visualisation for diverse stakeholders
- Support the integration of MBSE models with wider engineering tools and systems
- Develop and analyse performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Engage with stakeholders across business and technical teams, including senior leaders and subject matter experts
- Develop and implement verification and validation strategies, ensuring:
- Data accuracy
- Traceability
- Reliability
- Maintain and support SQL databases, ensuring high levels of data integrity and availability
Skills & Experience Required
- Strong experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Proven ability to manage and maintain complex engineering models
- Experience with data analysis, reporting, and visualisation tools
- Proficiency in SQL and database management
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience in verification and validation (V&V) within engineering environments
Additional Requirements
- Must be eligible for high-level UK security clearance
- Experience within defence, nuclear, or other highly regulated sectors is highly desirable
- Willingness and ability to work onsite in Reading
Why Apply?
- Be part of a flagship programme within the UK nuclear sector, where the unique combination of advanced science and engineering makes this work both rare and highly impactful
- Join at an early stage in the programme lifecyclem offering long-term stability and the opportunity to shape its direction
- Play a key role as the programme moves further into testing and verification phases, giving you exposure to critical delivery milestones
