Senior Systems Engineer - Automotive/EV - Hybrid

Systems Engineer

Newcastle Upon Tyne | Hybrid Working

Join a Global Engineering Leader Driving the Future of Automotive & EV Technology

Our client is a highly successful, globally recognised engineering organisation operating at the forefront of Automotive and Electric Vehicle innovation. With significant investment, a strong order book, and an outstanding reputation within the industry, they offer an excellent environment for ambitious engineers looking to make a real impact.

Based within a modern, purpose-built facility in Newcastle Upon Tyne, this hybrid opportunity is ideal for a Systems Engineer who enjoys working across the full product development life cycle, engaging with customers and stakeholders, and translating complex technical challenges into robust engineering solutions.

The Role

As a Systems Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining and managing product requirements, ensuring full traceability throughout the development life cycle and supporting the delivery of compliant, high-quality products.

Working closely with customers, project management teams, design engineers, and verification specialists, you will be responsible for establishing system-level requirements, maintaining compliance documentation, and ensuring products are developed in line with agreed processes and industry standards.

This is a highly visible role requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels across the business and externally.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to define, agree and capture top-level product and system requirements.
• Translate customer needs into clear, structured, and traceable engineering requirements.
• Break down complex engineering challenges into manageable system-level solutions.
• Work closely with project management teams to ensure projects follow an agreed product development life cycle.
• Maintain robust requirements traceability throughout the V-cycle, ensuring compliance can withstand customer and external audit scrutiny.
• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to define technical requirements and product performance targets.
• Support and contribute to Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) activities.
• Develop and maintain DFMEA documentation, identifying potential failure modes and corrective actions.
• Ensure suitable verification and test methods are defined and linked to system requirements.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, verification methods, test execution, and results.
• Work alongside Verification & Validation (V&V) teams to ensure requirements are measurable, achievable, and testable.
• Support customer reviews, compliance activities, and external audits.

About You

We are seeking a Systems Engineer with experience working within complex engineering environments, ideally within the Automotive, EV, Aerospace, Industrial Electronics, or other safety-critical sectors.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience capturing and managing system-level requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing skills.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and structured product development methodologies.
• Experience working within a requirements-driven development environment.
• Understanding of requirements traceability, validation, and compliance processes.
• Experience supporting DFMEA or similar risk assessment activities.
• Knowledge of Verification & Validation (V&V) processes.
• Ability to analyse and decompose complex engineering problems into practical solutions.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and documentation skills.

What's on Offer?

• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Modern purpose-built engineering facility.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Automotive and EV technologies.
• Exposure to global projects and international stakeholders.
• Excellent career development opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative engineering culture.
• Financially secure and growing organisation with significant investment in technology and people.

If you're a Systems Engineer looking to play a key role in the development of next-generation automotive and electrification products, we'd love to hear from you.

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