System Design Engineer – Directed Energy Systems

Location : Bristol

Salary : Circa £55,000 (depending on experience)

Working model : Hybrid – typically 3 days per week on-site

A leading defence technology organisation is seeking a System Design Engineer to contribute to one of the UK’s most advanced weapon system programmes – DragonFire , the nation’s first Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) demonstrator. Following highly successful recent trials, this ground-breaking project is moving towards the creation of a fully deployable, world-class air defence system.

As part of the Image Processing and Control subsystem team, you’ll play a critical role in developing the electronic and embedded software requirements that enable precision, stability, and accuracy across this revolutionary system.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing system requirements, verifi...