Do you have experience in a complex and highly regulated engineering environment such as aerospace, electronics, nuclear, rail or defence? Do you have at least three years' experience at a senior / principal level taking the lead on systems engineering?  This could be the role for you! Our client is an expanding design business that has recently won several new long term contracts. On the back of this, we're recruiting a Principal Systems Engineer with a complex engineering projects background to be responsible for full system life cycles from defining customer requirements, developing System Specifications, identifying and demonstrating relevant industry standards through to reliability, availability, and maintenance, safety and system disposal. You'll be given the autonomy to progress projects as you see fit managing through a matrix system several design engineers. To suit this role you need to have experience in a tightly regulated industry with exacting regulatory standards (aviation, rail, defence, nuclear, etc.) Principal Systems Engineer - Responsibilities and Stakeholders - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace * Sales and Business Development (and Customer) - to correctly and fully define customer requirements and expectations. * Project Management - to provide accurate and timely information to support PM activities. * Software Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the software elements of a system. * Hardware Team - to ensure a full and accurate two-way flow of information for specification, testing, integration and validation of the hardware elements of a system. * Systems Lead Engineer - to take direction from and provide support to Systems Lead to provide full and timely information as required. * System Team to work as part of a larger team in progressing projects, assessing information, receiving guidance and providing constructive feedback to junior members. * Product Safety Team - to ensure that Product Safety (and hence Product Acceptance) requirements are fully understood and integrated into requirements, costs and plans. * Operations Team - to ensure suitable two-way communication with Ops Team to establish cost estimates, manufacturing processes and other relevant requirements to accurately define the System. Principal Systems Engineer - Skills and Abilities - Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace * An engineering qualification. * Experience in a project management or systems engineering role within a highly regulated industry (rail; automotive; defence; aerospace; nuclear). * An ability to take a top-down approach to systems design taking account of various methodologies. * Inter-personal skills, in particular, the ability to work with staff and customers at all levels and generate positive, open relationships. Principal Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Nuclear, Aerospace If this role could appeal please do apply now