# Systems Engineer - System Lead

Systems Engineer - System Lead - Porton Down (SP4) - Permanent - Full Time Salary: £45,000-£60,000 DOE 25 days' annual leave (inclusive of up to 3 days December shutdown) The option to buy or sell up to 5 days' annual leave Two pension schemes to choose from Private Medical and Dental Insurance, with discounts for additional family members Life Assurance scheme up to 4x salary Multiple savings schemes Electric/Hybrid Car Leasing scheme Cycle to Work scheme Retail discounts Continuous Professional Development support Annual Wellness Allowance About the role Are you an experienced Systems Engineer or technical specialist with recent, hands-on experience of complex defence, aerospace or military aviation systems? Do you enjoy getting into the technical detail, analysing system performance and helping resolve complex engineering challenges? At MASS, you'll join our team and work directly on-site with our customer, Dstl, at Porton Down (SP4), 5 days a week, supporting a range of specialist Defensive Aids System (DAS) capabilities. In this role, you'll work broadly across three technical supplier areas: Infrared (IR) Threat Warning, Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) and the overal

- **Id**: 3784228
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mass-systems-engineer-system-lead>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T04:19:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T17:05:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Dental insurance, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Government, Military

## Company

- **Id**: 4372552
- **Name**: MASS
- **Domain**: mass.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mass-co-uk>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eploy

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.333
- **Repost share**: 0.167
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T02:46:38Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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