Principal Systems Engineer – PYRAMID

Location:

South West, United Kingdom

Salary:

65000.00 – 80000.00

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Job ID:

133108721

Company:

Synoptix

Posted On:

21 June 2026

Principal Systems Engineer – PYRAMID

The role

As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. The initial project is a military aviation program focused on driving industry adoption and compliance with a modular open systems reference architecture for defence avionics and mission systems.

This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organization and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc. Internally to Synoptix you are seen as a technical authority and mentor to the early career engineers within Synoptix and have the ability to shape their future by passing on knowledge and experience as well as guiding them on customer project delivery.

Day to day tasking can include:
Delivering technical consultant expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface Supporting Systems Engineering activity across the design lifecycle Development of proposals and statements of work Engaging with customer representative to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed
Essential Skills:
Requirements Capture, Management and Analysis Systems Integration Verification and Validation Successful delivery of SE documentation Knowledge of supporting toolsets (e.g. DOORs, JAMA, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Cameo Systems Modeller, Rhapsody, MATLAB, Simulink)
Desirable Skills:
PYRAMID / Modular Open Systems Architecture Experience in developing avionics and mission systems A technical understating of modular open standards principles Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Benefits:
Annual Company Bonus Based on company performance 25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days Flexible hybrid working arrangements Continuous professional development including incentives Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways Electric car scheme Bike to work scheme Private health care
About Us:

Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology.

What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.

Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

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