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

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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