# Senior Systems Engineer- Software Systems- Defence

About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer with a strong focus on software systems to join our dynamic team in the defence sector. This role is pivotal in shaping complex systems that meet diverse customer needs, ensuring robust requirements management, and driving software development aligned with strategic product line goals. Key Responsibilities: Customer Engagement & Requirements Capture:Collaborate with defence clients to understand, elicit, and refine their operational needs and translate them into clear, actionable system and software requirements. Requirements Derivation & Flowdown:Develop and manage system, subsystem, and software requirements using industry-standard tools, ensuring traceability and alignment with customer expectations. Product Line Strategy Support:Contribute to product line development by informing common architecture and reusable software components that serve multiple customer applications. Change Management:Define and implement controlled processes for managing engineering changes, ensuring system integrity and compliance throughout the lifecycle. Software Item Ownership:Act as the internal customer for specif

- **Id**: 803621
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/positivcohort-senior-systems-engineer-software-systems-defence>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2025-10-01
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T04:50:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 410
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2313
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Military

## Company

- **Id**: 687925
- **Name**: Positiv+ Cohort
- **Domain**: positivcohort.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/positivcohort>
- **Size band**: 1-10
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: D
- **Score**: 52
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0.8
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 79000
- **Max usd**: 153000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 139

## Technologies

- **IBM DOORS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 409

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T08:56:35Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T23:49:58Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 4
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.16
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 410
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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