Senior System Engineer

NATS is the UK's leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2.4 million flights each year. We provide air traffic control services from two control centres and at airports around the UK. We also provide a wide range of commercial products and solutions internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe.

Job Overview

Lead and execute systems engineering activities within the associated Domain / Capability, delivering high-quality solutions for asset and transformation projects, ensuring alignment with performance, operational, and safety standards, and driving delivery to time, cost, and quality targets.

Other Duties Include

• Requirements and Design Management: Lead the development, validation, and management of requirements, interfaces, and system design proposals.
• Systems Engineering Leadership: Lead the engineering deliverables for project(s) and/or asset(s), ensuring these meet stakeholder needs, contribute to the delivery of work packages, and manage technical teams.

The role has significant autonomy to define scope, allocate resources, and ensure task execution, within the boundaries of NATS processes, working with the Domain / Capability Lead for Contract approval.

• Co-ordination: Lead engagement with Project teams to define and agree on technical requirements, timescales, plans, and critical elements impacting the execution of work packages.
• Requirements and Design: Responsible for eliciting, analysing, reviewing technical requirements and documentation to determine optimal solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Manage the provision of technical expertise and support resolution of operational issues where appropriate.

Essential Skills and Experience

• The post holder is expected to hold, as a minimum, a Higher National Certificate in an Engineering or Information Technology related discipline, and relevant experience. Candidates without this qualification but with structured technical training recognized by a professional body and at least HNC level will also be considered.
• Proven experience in systems engineering, managing large work packages, and leading technical teams within aviation or safety-critical systems.
• Broad technical knowledge across the Domain / Capability, with experience in a technology delivery environment, preferably within a real-time, safety-related industry. Knowledge of relevant international technical standards is desirable.
• Strong leadership skills, requirements management, understanding of the system engineering lifecycle, safety assurance, and the ability to motivate, coach, and develop team members.

Additional Vacancy Information

This role supports asset sustainment and transformation projects within the Flight Data Domain, including systems in Flight Data, Visualisation, Queue Management, Capacity Management, Separation Tooling, Datalink, Trajectory & Flow Management.

Experience in systems engineering within delivery/maintenance of Flight Data systems is desirable.

We offer a competitive total reward package to support your professional and personal growth. For more information, visit - Why NATS?

We promote agile working for greater flexibility, with options for office and remote work. Learn more here .

We value diversity and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as different perspectives and experiences help us lead in our industry.