Systems Design Engineer - Marine

Syos Aerospace; Fareham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing global robotics and aerospace company in Fareham is seeking a skilled System Design Engineer to define and validate autonomous systems, particularly for marine applications. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience. The role requires collaboration and communication skills, and candidates must meet security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in systems engineering, preferably in unmanned marine vehicles, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Strong understanding of systems architecture, requirements management, and system integration.
• Experience with testing and validation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and validate autonomous systems with focus on marine applications.
• Gather and document functional requirements for autonomous vehicles.
• Plan and coordinate integration of hardware and software components.

Skills

Systems architecture

Requirements management

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

DOORS

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for a highly skilled System Design Engineer with Uncrewed Surface Vessel experience to join our team at SYOS, a fast‑growing global robotics and aerospace company, in our production facility based in Fareham, UK. As a Systems Design Engineer, you’ll be a key player in defining the architecture, integrating, and validating autonomous systems with a focus on marine applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Experience working specifically on unmanned marine vehicles (USVs), autonomy systems, and embedded software development tailored for maritime applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document functional and non‑functional system requirements for autonomous vehicles, translating high‑level needs into detailed, verifiable requirements and managing them throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain the overall system architecture, defining major subsystems and their interfaces, ensuring seamless integration.
• Plan and coordinate the integration of hardware and software components into unified, reliable systems, design and execute rigorous testing strategies to verify performance, analyze results, identify root causes of anomalies, and troubleshoot issues collaboratively.
• Serve as a central communication hub between engineering teams to facilitate system‑wide coherence and collaboration, supporting continuous improvement by feeding test and performance insights back into system designs.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in systems engineering, preferably in unmanned marine vehicles, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Strong understanding of systems architecture, requirements management, and system integration, especially for marine autonomy. Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or DOORS is preferred, along with familiarity with hardware and software testing and validation methodologies in challenging environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Employees will be subject to SC clearance with the MOD.

Employment Details

Job Type: Full‑time, Permanent

Location: Fareham, UK

Security Requirement

To be eligible, you must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including confirming identity, legal right to work in the UK, recent employment history, and criminal record (unspent convictions only).

Unfortunately, we can’t consider applicants who cannot meet these requirements and do not have visa sponsorship for this position.