# Principal Electrical Systems Engineers

Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is seeking Principal Electrical Systems Engineers to support specialist engineering activities in Cowes. These contract roles will involve working full time on site within a technically advanced environment focused on defence solutions and electrical systems engineering. Key Responsibilities: Leading the development, integration and verification of complex electrical systems Producing and reviewing electrical systems designs, specifications and technical documentation Providing technical leadership and guidance across electrical engineering activities Supporting systems engineering, requirements management and technical assurance processes Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering and project teams Identifying technical risks and developing effective engineering solutions Contributing to design reviews, testing, fault investigation and system validation Ensuring engineering outputs comply with relevant defence standards, processes and legislation Job Requirements: Significant experience as an electrical systems engineer within a defence, security or similarly regulated engineering environment St

- **Id**: 3840810
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/matchtech-principal-electrical-systems-engineers>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T22:38:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:22:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2102
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2073484
- **Name**: Matchtech
- **Domain**: matchtech.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/matchtech-com>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 30
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 57
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 60
- **Max**: 60
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: day
- **Usd annual**: 20250

## Trust

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

## Requirements

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T22:38:05Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 3 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

## Liveness

- **Score**: 54
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.542
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 57
- **Reasons**: conf:4, agency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 20250
- **Is top pay**: no

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